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Translation of the meanings Surah: Ash-Shams   Ayah:
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Ash-Shams

Ayah: 1

وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
1. (I swear)¹ by the sun and its brightness,
1. Allāh (God) swearing by His creation is indirect swearing by His own Holy Self, for He is the Lord of all beings. So, when Allāh takes an oath of some of the created things he is drawing our attention to the great importance of the matter he is speaking about, and the importance of what He is swearing by. Allah’s swearing by the creation is simply taking an oath of Himself, His Perfectness, and His own Greatness. Allāh mentions some of His created things as evidence of His existence and emphasizes to the readers of the Divine Revelation to ponder over His Signs. While Allāh can swear by what He wills, yet for mankind it is unlawful for them to swear by other than Allāh (God). It is a great sin to swear by the prophet Muhammad or Jesus Christ or other prophet or angel or righteous person, or the Ka’bah, or someone’s life or honor. The prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) said: "Whoever swears by anything other than Allāh is guilty of disbelief or idolatry." He also said: "Do not swear by idols, nor by your fathers."
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Ayah: 2

وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
2. By the moon when it follows it2,
2. The sun, reflecting the sun’s light.
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Ayah: 3

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
3. And (by) the day when it displays it (i.e., sun's brightness),
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Ayah: 4

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا
4. And (by) the night when it covers it (the earth with darkness),
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Ayah: 5

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
5. And (by) the sky and He Who built it,
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Ayah: 6

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
6. And (by) the earth and He Who spread it,
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Ayah: 7

وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
7. And (by) the soul and He Who proportioned it,
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Ayah: 8

فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا
8. So He inspired it to its wickedness and its piety.
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Ayah: 9

قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
9. He has succeeded he who purifies it (from sins);
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Ayah: 10

وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
10. And failing is he who who instills it (with corruption).
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Ayah: 11

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ
11. (Thamud (people) rejected (the Truth) by their transgression,
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Ayah: 12

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا
12. When the most wretched one of them was dispatched3.
3. To hamstrung the she-camel which had been sent by God as a sign to them.
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Ayah: 13

فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا
13. So God’s Messenger (Salih) said to them: "The she-camel of God, and her (turn to) drink4."
4. Leave it to drink on its day and do not harm it.
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Ayah: 14

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
14. But they rejected him, and hamstrung her. So their Lord 'Allāh' crushed them for their sin and leveled it5.
5. To the ground or made the torment equal upon all of them.
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Ayah: 15

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا
15. And He does not fear its consequence.
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Translation of the meanings Surah: Ash-Shams
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