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By Vexen Crabtree 2013
Title: Ash-Shams
English: The Sun
Location: Makkah
Traditional Order:
< Sura 90 (Al-Balad - The City)
> Sura 92 (Al-Lail - The Night)
Chronological Order:
< Sura 97 (Al-Qadr - The Power)
> Sura 85 (Al-Burooj - The Mansions of the Stars)
Verses: 15
| 1 | By the sun and his morning brightness | Sura 91:1-4 is discussed on Christianity v. Astronomy: The Earth Orbits the Sun!: 7. Islam and the Qur'an. Sura 91:1-2 comments: Christianity v. Astronomy: The Earth Orbits the Sun!: 7. Islam and the Qur'an. For more on Sura 91:1-4 see Islam and Science: Errors in the Qur'an and Arab Education: 1. Astronomy Mistakes. Sura 91:1-2 is referenced on Islam and Science: Errors in the Qur'an and Arab Education: 1. Astronomy Mistakes. |
| 2 | and by the moon when she follows him, | |
| 3 | and by the day when it displays him | |
| 4 | and by the night when it enshrouds him! | |
| 5 | By the heaven and That which built it | |
| 6 | and by the earth and That which extended it! | |
| 7 | By the soul, and That which shaped it | |
| 8 | and inspired it to lewdness and godfearing! | |
| 9 | Prosperous is he who purifies it, | |
| 10 | and failed has he who seduces it. | |
| 11 | Thamood cried lies in their insolence | |
| 12 | when the most wretched of them uprose, | |
| 13 | then the Messenger of God said to them, 'The She-camel of God; let her drink!' | |
| 14 | But they cried him lies, and hamstrung her, so their Lord crushed them for their sin, and leveled them: | |
| 15 | and He fears not the issue thereof. |