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Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 9

سورة الشمس، الآية ٩

91:9 Juz 30 Hizb 60 Page 595 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 91:9

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ۝٩

Transliteration

qad aflaḥa man zakkāhā

Translation

He has succeeded who purifies it,

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Verse 9 of Surah Ash-Shams (91:9), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 595 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 9

Al-Mukhtasar

Verily, the one who has purified his soul by adorning it with virtuous characteristics and freeing it from evil traits, has succeeded.

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Other translations of verse 9

Indeed, he who purifies his soul will attain success,

Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself (i.e. obeys and performs all that Allâh ordered, by following the true Faith of Islâmic Monotheism and by doing righteous good deeds).

He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow,

Truly he succeeds that purifies it,

He will indeed be successful who purifies it,

He has already prospered who has cleansed it.

Verse 9 word by word

  1. قَدْ qad Indeed
  2. أَفْلَحَ aflaḥa he succeeds ف ل ح
  3. مَن man who
  4. زَكَّىٰهَا zakkāhā purifies it ز ك و

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  • Al-A’la 87:14

    قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

    He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

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