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Surah Al-Shams 91:3

The Sun · Verse 3 of 15

وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا

Abdul Mannan Omar

And the day when it reveals its (- the sun´s) glory,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;

Ahmed Ali

The day when it reveals his radiance,

12 more translations

Ali Unal

And the day as it reveals it (the sun);

Daryabadi

By the day when it glorifieth him.

Faridul Haque

And by oath of the day when it reveals it

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And the day when it exposes it to view!

Maulvi Sher Ali

And by the day when it reveals the sun's glory,

Muhammad Asad

Consider the day as it reveals the world,

Muhammad Musin Khan

And by the day as it shows up (the sun's) brightness;

Muhammad Pickthall

And the day when it revealeth him,

Muhammad Sarwar

by the day when it brightens the earth,

Muhammed ali Shakir

And the day when it shows it,

Rashad Khalifa

The day that reveals.

Shabbir Ahmed

Witness is the day as it brightens the world.

Commentary 91:3-4 The signs of night (اللَّيْلِ) and day (النَّهَار ) explain that one who purifies his soul is like the day (cf. 91:9), whose brightness makes things…

On 91:3–4

وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا ﴿٣﴾وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا

91:3-4 The signs of night (اللَّيْلِ) and day (النَّهَار ) explain that one who purifies his soul is like the day (cf. 91:9), whose brightness makes things manifest and thus enables human beings to carry on their struggle enlightened by Revelation. On the other hand are those who plunge their souls into the darkness of low desires and therefore, cannot benefit from the light of the sun.