Surah Ash-Shams, Ayah 8 (91:8)

ٱلشَّمْس

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا

Quran 91:8 is ayah 8 of Surah Ash-Shams (“The Sun”), a Meccan surah of 15 ayahs. It is in Juz 30, on page 595 of the Madani Mushaf.

91:8
فَأَلْهَمَهَافُجُورَهَاوَتَقْوَىٰهَا٨
fa-alhamahā fujūrahā wataqwāhā

And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,(8)

Word by word

  1. فَأَلْهَمَهَاfa-alhamahāAnd He inspired it
  2. فُجُورَهَاfujūrahā(to distinguish) its wickedness
  3. وَتَقْوَىٰهَاwataqwāhāand its righteousness

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