Surah Ash-Shams

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Surah 91 15 Ayahs

091 surah

91:1

وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ١

By the sun and its heat and brightness,

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Suraj aur uski dhoop ki kasam

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

91:2

وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا ٢

and by the moon as it follows it;

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Aur Chand ki kasam jabke wo uske pichey aata hai

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

91:3

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا ٣

and by the day as it displays the sun's glory,

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Aur din ki kasam jabke woh (Suraj ko) numaya kar deta hai

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

91:4

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا ٤

and by the night as it envelopes the sun;

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Aur raat ki kasam jabke woh (suraj ko) dhank leti hai

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

91:5

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ٥

and by the sky and by Him Who made it;

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Aur aasman ki aur us zaat ki kasam jisne usey qayam kiya

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

91:6

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا ٦

and by the earth and by Him Who stretched it out;

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Aur zameen ki aur us zaat ki kasam jisne usey bichaya

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

91:7

وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا ٧

and by the soul and by Him Who perfectly proportioned it,

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Aur nafs-e-Insani ki aur us zaat ki kasam jisne usey hamwar kiya

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

91:8

فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا ٨

and imbued it with (the consciousness of) its evil and its piety:

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Phir uski badi aur uski parhezgari uss par ilham kar di

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

91:9

قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ٩

He who purifies it will prosper,

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Yaqeenan falah pa gaya woh jisne nafs ka tazkiya kiya

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

91:10

وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ١٠

and he who suppresses it will be ruined.

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Aur na-murad hua woh jisne usko daba diya

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

91:11

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ ١١

In their presumptuous insolence the Thamud called the Truth a lie

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Samood ne apni sarkashi ki bina par jhutlaya

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

91:12

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا ١٢

when their arch-criminal rose up in rage.

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Jab us qaum ka sab se zyada shaqi (Badnaseeb) aadmi biphar kar utha

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

91:13

فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا ١٣

Then Allah's Messenger warned them: “Hands off the she-camel and her drink!”

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

To Allah ke Rasool ne un logon se kaha ke khabardar Allah ki ountni (she-camel) ko (haath na lagana) aur uske paani peene (mein maane na hona)

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

91:14

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا ١٤

But they rejected his statement as a lie and hamstrung the she-camel. For that crime their Lord rumbled down upon them, utterly razing them to the ground.

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Magar unhon ne uski baat ko jhuta qarar diya aur ountni ko maar dala. Aakhir-e-kaar unke gunah ke padash mein unke Rubb ne unpar aisi aafat toodi ke ek saath sab ko paywand-e-khaaq kar diya

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

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