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Translation of the Holy Quran by Dr. Gilani |
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The Sun - Chapter 91 | Contains 15 verses – Makka |
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وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا |
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Consider the sun and its brightness. |
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وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا |
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And the moon as it shows up, reflecting its
light (similar to the light of the sun when it reflects from a body of water or glass) . |
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وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا |
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And the day as it shows brightly its wonderful effects (of light on earth) |
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وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا |
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And the night as it covers it with darkness. |
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وَالسَّمَاء وَمَا بَنَاهَا |
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And the sky and its wonderful make and components. |
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وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا |
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And the earth and the reason for it becoming spread-out. |
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وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا |
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And consider the human mind and the formula for its harmony and balance (the causes of mental health). |
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فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا |
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He (God) also inspired it with (the
conscience and the understanding of) what is wrong and what is right for it (for the mind). |
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قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا |
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Of course anyone who purifies it (the mind), will succeed in being happy. |
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وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا |
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And indeed anyone who corrupts it, will fail and will be ruined, disappointed. |
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كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا |
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The people of Thamood rejected and called their prophet a liar by their rebellious behavior. |
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إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا |
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As the most wicked of them rose up (against God’s Command and harmed a she-camel which God, as a matter of trial, had ordered them not to harm her). |
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فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا |
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But the Messenger of God (Saleh) had told
them: “It is a she-camel, which belongs to God, (having come from wilderness) and let her have its drinking water”. |
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فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا |
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But then they called him a liar and harmed
her. So their Lord, because of their sin, crushed them and leveled them to the ground. |
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وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا |
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And none of them had any fear of its coming consequence (and God had no fear of its consequence). |
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