💡 Qur'an meaning: word by word
Ash-Shams الشَّمۡسِ
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91:1
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- وَٱلشَّمۡسِ wal-shamsi By the sun
- وَضُحَىٰهَا waḍuḥāhā and its brightness
91:2
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- وَٱلۡقَمَرِ wal-qamari And the moon
- إِذَا idhā when
- تَلَىٰهَا talāhā it follows it
91:3
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- وَٱلنَّهَارِ wal-nahāri And the day
- إِذَا idhā when
- جَلَّىٰهَا jallāhā it displays it
91:4
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- وَٱلَّيۡلِ wa-al-layli And the night
- إِذَا idhā when
- يَغۡشَىٰهَا yaghshāhā it covers it
91:5
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- وَٱلسَّمَآءِ wal-samāi And the heaven
- وَمَا wamā and (He) Who
- بَنَىٰهَا banāhā constructed it
91:6
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- وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ wal-arḍi And the earth
- وَمَا wamā and by (He) Who
- طَحَىٰهَا ṭaḥāhā spread it
91:7
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- وَنَفۡسࣲ wanafsin And (the) soul
- وَمَا wamā and (He) Who
- سَوَّىٰهَا sawwāhā proportioned it
91:8
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- فَأَلۡهَمَهَا fa-alhamahā And He inspired it
- فُجُورَهَا fujūrahā (to distinguish) its wickedness
- وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا wataqwāhā and its righteousness
91:9
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- قَدۡ qad Indeed
- أَفۡلَحَ aflaḥa he succeeds
- مَن man who
- زَكَّىٰهَا zakkāhā purifies it
91:10
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- وَقَدۡ waqad And indeed
- خَابَ khāba he fails
- مَن man who
- دَسَّىٰهَا dassāhā buries it
91:11
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- كَذَّبَتۡ kadhabat Denied
- ثَمُودُ thamūdu Thamud
- بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ biṭaghwāhā by their transgression
91:12
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- إِذِ idhi When
- ٱنۢبَعَثَ inbaʿatha (was) sent forth
- أَشۡقَىٰهَا ashqāhā (the) most wicked of them
91:13
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- فَقَالَ faqāla But said
- لَهُمۡ lahum to them
- رَسُولُ rasūlu (the) Messenger
- ٱللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah
- نَاقَةَ nāqata (It is the) she-camel
- ٱللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah
- وَسُقۡيَٰهَا wasuq'yāhā and her drink
91:14
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- فَكَذَّبُوهُ fakadhabūhu But they denied him
- فَعَقَرُوهَا faʿaqarūhā and they hamstrung her
- فَدَمۡدَمَ fadamdama So destroyed
- عَلَيۡهِمۡ ʿalayhim them
- رَبُّهُم rabbuhum their Lord
- بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ bidhanbihim for their sin
- فَسَوَّىٰهَا fasawwāhā and leveled them
91:15
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- وَلَا walā And not
- يَخَافُ yakhāfu He fears
- عُقۡبَٰهَا ʿuq'bāhā its consequences
Word meanings: quran.com (word-by-word), imported as published. Qur'an text: King Fahd Complex.