سورة الشمس   

Surah Name: Ash-Shams Meaning: The Sun

  • Revealed at Makkah
  • Total Number of Rukū / Sections 1
  • Total Number of Āyāt / Parts 15
  • Sūrah / Chapter number 91
  • Rukū / Section 1 contains Āyāt / Parts 15
  • Siparah/ Volume 30

bismillah

وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا 

Wa(al)shshamsi waduhaha

By the sun and its morning brightness.

(91:1)

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا 

Wa(a)lqamari itha talaha

And by the moon when it follows it.

(91:2)

وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا 

Wa(al)nnahari itha jallaha

By the day when it glorifies the sun.

(91:3)

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا 

Wa(a)llayli itha yaghshaha

By the night when it envelops the sun.

(91:4)

وَالسَّمَاء وَمَا بَنَاهَا 

Wa(al)ssamai wama banaha

By the sky and Him-SWT Who-SWT built it.

(91:5)

وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا 

Wa(a)lardi wama tahaha

By the earth and Him-SWT Who-SWT stretched it forth.

(91:6)

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا 

Wanafsin wama sawwaha

By the soul and Him-SWT Who-SWT proportioned it.

(91:7)

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا 

Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha

And inspired it with its impurity and purity.

(91:8)

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا 

Qad aflaha man zakkaha

Surely blissful is he who has cleansed his soul.

(91:9)

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا 

Waqad khaba man dassaha

And miserable is he who has buried it.

(91:10)

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا 

Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha

The Thamud belied in their exorbitance.

(91:11)

إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا 

Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha

When the greatest wretch of them rose up.

(91:12)

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا 

Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha

Then the Messenger of Allah-SWT said to them: Beware of the she-camel of Allah-SWT and her drink.

(91:13)

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا 

Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha

Then they belied him and hamstrung her, then their Rabb-SWT overwhelmed them for their crime, and made it common.

(91:14)

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا 

Wala yakhafu Aauqbaha

And He-SWT feared not the consequences thereof.

(91:15)

In The Name of Allah-SWT the Most Gracious, The Most Merciful
SECRETS OF REVELATION:

By the sun and its light and by the moon trailing behind, by the bright day and the dark night, by the make of the heaven, by the spread of earth, and by the human life itself that flows into the physical body with numerous faculties like the capacity to differentiate between right and wrong! In other words, the entire solar system with its peculiarities, the celestial world and the terrestrial wonders, the human being, and its qualities of contemplation, hearing, sight and other extraordinary traits, its power to discern, rather all this vast system bears witness, in every detail, that whoever cleansed himself from evil conduct by the light of faith, Allah-SWT's Zikr, worship and obedience, and adorned his innerself with devotion to Allaah-SWT and conformity to the Holy Prophet-SAAW, has indeed succeeded.

 

And whoever stranded himself into the quagmire of disobedience met destruction here. History is replete with such examples, while the doom in the Hereafter is sure. Take a look at Thamud, to whom Prophet Salih-AS was sent. They rejected his teachings and carried on with their nefarious ways. When a wretched leader formed an opposition against him, he warned them against any harm to the she camel brought forth as miracle out of a rock, and also against preventing her from drinking water on her turn. They not only rejected the advice but also hamstrung and killed her. So Allah-SWT's punishment destroyed them completely and they could not offer any resistance.

 

Prophet Salih's-AS She-camel and the Holy Prophet-SW’s Din

 

Prophet Salih-AS’s miraculous she-camel was killed as it consumed a day's water supply which his nation thought to be their animals share and was, in turn destroyed. Now what shall be the fate of those who impede the course of miraculous Din brought by Prophet Muhammad-SAAW which guards the rights of everyone as its enforcement would deny the rulers their prodigal way of life. So be on guard, O' you who have the eyes!

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