سورة الشّمس

Surah Al-Shams 91:6

The Sun · Verse 6 of 15

وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا

Abdul Mannan Omar

And the earth and That (Great Being) Who expanded it,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:

Ahmed Ali

The earth and its spreading out,

12 more translations

Ali Unal

And the earth and that (All-Magnificent One) Who has spread it;

Daryabadi

By the earth and Him Who spread it forth,

Faridul Haque

And by oath of the earth and by oath of Him Who spread it.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And the earth and its extension!

Maulvi Sher Ali

And by the earth and its expanse,

Muhammad Asad

and the earth and all its expanse!

Muhammad Musin Khan

And by the earth and Him Who spread it,

Muhammad Pickthall

And the earth and Him Who spread it,

Muhammad Sarwar

by the earth and that (Power) which spread it out

Muhammed ali Shakir

And the earth and Him Who extended it,

Rashad Khalifa

The earth and Him who sustains it.

Shabbir Ahmed

And the earth and its vast expanse.

Commentary 91:5-6 The reference to the heaven (السَّمَاءِ) and the earth (الْأَرْضِ) serves to illustrate another aspect of the argument. Though the earth possesses the…

On 91:5–6

وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا﴿٥﴾وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا

91:5-6 The reference to the heaven (السَّمَاءِ) and the earth (الْأَرْضِ) serves to illustrate another aspect of the argument. Though the earth possesses the powers and capacities to produce all sorts of vegetation from the seeds, it is helpless without receiving the benefit of rain from above without which its latent power remains lifeless. Similarly, human wisdom and the other latent powers of a human being remain dead and useless without receiving heavenly revelations through the divinely missioned Prophets.