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Surah Ash-Shams - Word by Word

(The Sun)

bismillaahirrahmaanirrahiim
1

وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحٰىهَاۖ ١

wal-shamsi
وَٱلشَّمْسِ
By the sun
waḍuḥāhā
وَضُحَىٰهَا
and its brightness
By the sun and its brightness (QS. [91] Ash-Shams: 1)
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2

وَالْقَمَرِ اِذَا تَلٰىهَاۖ ٢

wal-qamari
وَٱلْقَمَرِ
And the moon
idhā
إِذَا
when
talāhā
تَلَىٰهَا
it follows it
And [by] the moon when it follows it (QS. [91] Ash-Shams: 2)
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3

وَالنَّهَارِ اِذَا جَلّٰىهَاۖ ٣

wal-nahāri
وَٱلنَّهَارِ
And the day
idhā
إِذَا
when
jallāhā
جَلَّىٰهَا
it displays it
And [by] the day when it displays it (QS. [91] Ash-Shams: 3)
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4

وَالَّيْلِ اِذَا يَغْشٰىهَاۖ ٤

wa-al-layli
وَٱلَّيْلِ
And the night
idhā
إِذَا
when
yaghshāhā
يَغْشَىٰهَا
it covers it
And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it (QS. [91] Ash-Shams: 4)
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5

وَالسَّمَاۤءِ وَمَا بَنٰىهَاۖ ٥

wal-samāi
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ
And the heaven
wamā
وَمَا
and He Who
banāhā
بَنَىٰهَا
constructed it
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it (QS. [91] Ash-Shams: 5)
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6

وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا طَحٰىهَاۖ ٦

wal-arḍi
وَٱلْأَرْضِ
And the earth
wamā
وَمَا
and He Who
ṭaḥāhā
طَحَىٰهَا
spread it
And [by] the earth and He who spread it (QS. [91] Ash-Shams: 6)
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7

وَنَفْسٍ وَّمَا سَوّٰىهَاۖ ٧

wanafsin
وَنَفْسٍ
And (the) soul
wamā
وَمَا
and He Who
sawwāhā
سَوَّىٰهَا
proportioned it
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it (QS. [91] Ash-Shams: 7)
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8

فَاَلْهَمَهَا فُجُوْرَهَا وَتَقْوٰىهَاۖ ٨

fa-alhamahā
فَأَلْهَمَهَا
And He inspired it
fujūrahā
فُجُورَهَا
(to understand) what is wrong for it
wataqwāhā
وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
and what is right for it
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness, (QS. [91] Ash-Shams: 8)
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9

قَدْ اَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكّٰىهَاۖ ٩

qad
قَدْ
Indeed
aflaḥa
أَفْلَحَ
he succeeds
man
مَن
who
zakkāhā
زَكَّىٰهَا
purifies it
He has succeeded who purifies it, (QS. [91] Ash-Shams: 9)
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10

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسّٰىهَاۗ ١٠

waqad
وَقَدْ
And indeed
khāba
خَابَ
he fails
man
مَن
who
dassāhā
دَسَّىٰهَا
corrupts it
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption]. (QS. [91] Ash-Shams: 10)
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