Surah Ash-Shams ( The Sun )

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Surah Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya count 15
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وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا ( 1 ) Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya 1
Witness is the Sun and its radiant splendor. Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya 1
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا ( 2 ) Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya 2
And the Moon that borrows its light. Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya 2
وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا ( 3 ) Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya 3
Witness is the day as it brightens the world. Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya 3
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا ( 4 ) Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya 4
And the night that cloaks it. Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya 4
وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا ( 5 ) Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya 5
And the sky and its wondrous design. Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya 5
وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا ( 6 ) Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya 6
And the earth and its vast expanse! Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya 6
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا ( 7 ) Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya 7
Consider the human 'Self, and how it is capable for being balanced out. Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya 7
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا ( 8 ) Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya 8
And how it is instilled with the capacity to disintegrate or become secure. Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya 8
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا ( 9 ) Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya 9
Successful indeed is he who grows the 'Self'. Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya 9
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا ( 10 ) Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya 10
And failure is indeed he who keeps it buried (under ignorance and superstition). Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya 10
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا ( 11 ) Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya 11
(Disregarding this principle) Thamud rejected (Saleh) while playing God. ('Tagha' = Being 'Taghut' = Becoming a false god = Playing God = Transgressing = Rebelling = Crossing bounds of decency = Extreme arrogance). Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya 11
إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا ( 12 ) Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya 12
Behold, the most forward among them was picked up for defiance. Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya 12
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا ( 13 ) Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya 13
Although Allah's Messenger had told them, "It is a she-camel belonging to Allah, so let her drink!" (The land belongs to Allah, and this she-camel represents the weak among you (7:73), (26:155)). Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya 13
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا ( 14 ) Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya 14
But they denied him and they killed her. Their Lord then doomed them all alike for their lagging behind in compliance. Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya 14
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا ( 15 ) Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya 15
For none of them had any fear of what might befall them. Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya 15
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