Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Surat Ashams

Surah91 Ashams

Bismillahi-rraHhmani-rraHheem

"Wa-shamsi waDduHhaha,
Wa-lqamari itha talaha,
Wannahari itha jallaha,
Wa layli itha yagh-shaha,
Wa-samaa 'i wa ma banaha,
Wa-alarDdi wa ma TtaHhaha,
Wa nafsi-wama sawaha,
Fa alhamaha fujouraha wataqwaha,
Qad aflaHha man- zakaha,
Wa qad khaba man- dassaha.

Kathabat Thamoudu bi Ttaghwaha,
Ithim-ba3atha ashqaha,
Fa qala lahum rasoulullahi naqatallahi wa suqyaha,
Fa kathabouhu fa3aqarouha fadamdama 3alayhim rabbuhum bi thambihim fasawaha,
Wa la yakhafau 3uqbaha."

Meanings of the words:
All the waws here are waw alqassam(Allah is swearing by His creations).
Ashams=the sun
Ddhuha(ha)=glory(its,her)
Qamar=moon
Itha=if
Tala(ha)=followed(it,her)
(An)nahar=(the) day
jalla(ha)=shows(her glory)
(al)layl=(the)night
yaghsha(ha)=conceals(it,her)
assama ' i=(the)sky
wa ma=and what(here this 'ma' is called "ma masDdariyah", in this and the subsequent clauses are best translated into English by nouns,so what would literally be "and the wonderful making of it " ,will be :"its wonderful structure"
bana(ha)=built (it,she)
(al)arDd=(the)Earth
(ma)TtaHha(ha)=(what)spread (it,her)
nafs=soul
sawa(ha)=given its order and proportion
fa=and
alham(ha)=inspired(it)
fujoor(ha)=wrong-doing(its)
taqwaha=it's righteousness
qad=truly(already)
aflaHha=succeeds(he)
man=who
zakka(ha)=purifies it
khaba=failed
dassa(ha)=corrupts(it)
kathaba(at)=rejected(the people of Thamud)here people are referred to in feminine ,they have rejected their prophet.
Bi=by, through
Ttaghwa(ha)=inordinate wrongdoing
Inba3atha=was deputed
Ashqa(ha)=its most wicked man
Rasoul=messenger
Naqah=she-camel(naqata-llahi=we pronounce the ta marboutah at the end if we want to merge into the next word Allah, when read it alone we change the ta marbouta to 'ha '.)
Suqyaha=it's(the she-camel's) drink.
Kathabou(hu)=they denied (him),kathib=liar
3aqarou(ha)=killed(it) 3qar=slaughter
damdama=destroyed
thanbihim=their sin
sawaha=equal(in destruction)
yakhaf=feared
uqbaha=consequences of it,
(1)aqab 3ala=to comment on,to review,
(2)aqib=heel
(3)aqib=offspring
(4)aqib =cigarette or pencil stump
(5)aqib so-and-so=immediately after

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