Surah Ash-Shams
Quran 91:14
Read Quran 91:14 from Surah Ash-Shams (The Sun) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 91:14
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِذَنْبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا١٤
But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings).
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 91. Ash-Shams (The Sun)
- Ayah
- 14 of 15
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 91:14
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 91:14
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
{ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِذَنْبِهِمْ } أي: دمر عليهم وعمهم بعقابه، وأرسل عليهم الصيحة من فوقهم، والرجفة من تحتهم، فأصبحوا جاثمين على ركبهم، لا تجد منهم داعيًا ولا مجيبا.{ فَسَوَّاهَا } عليهم أي: سوى بينهم بالعقوبة