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Annotated Qur'an
Sura 91: The Sun
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Qur'an 91:1[edit]

By the sun and its radiance.

Qur'an 91:1 Notes[edit]

The sun is the commanding master of his own domain.

Qur'an 91:2[edit]

And the moon as it follows it.

Qur'an 91:2 Notes[edit]

The moon quietly follows behind him careful to make no sound with every meek and appologetic step she makes.

Qur'an 91:3[edit]

And the day as it reveals it.

Qur'an 91:3 Notes[edit]

The masculine day shines a bright light everywhere showing it's brilliant strength.

Qur'an 91:4[edit]

And the night as it conceals it.

Qur'an 91:4 Notes[edit]

The female night darkens everything, clouds the mind and brings confusion.

Qur'an 91:5[edit]

And the sky and He who built it.

Qur'an 91:5 Notes[edit]

An insecure sky-tyrrant created the universe?

Qur'an 91:6[edit]

And the earth and He who spread it.

Qur'an 91:6 Notes[edit]

A petty totalitarian entity that rules by terror and fear...created the Earth?

Qur'an 91:7[edit]

And the soul and He who proportioned it.

Qur'an 91:7 Notes[edit]

Humans have some undefinable, invisible and non-falsifiable thing inside them that somehow is connected to their physical body and brain...survives brain and body death...and in some non-defined and magical way...moves to another dimension and spends eternity on happy fluffy clouds or screeching torment?

Qur'an 91:8[edit]

And inspired it with its wickedness and its righteousness.

Qur'an 91:8 Notes[edit]

The petty angry sky-tyrrant defines morality?

Qur'an 91:9[edit]

Successful is he who purifies it.

Qur'an 91:9 Notes[edit]

Just look at the absolute success of the countries that follow the faith of the sky-tyrrant and see how incredibly prosperous and peaceful most of these countries are.

Qur'an 91:10[edit]

Failing is he who corrupts it.

Qur'an 91:10 Notes[edit]

Just look at all those European and Anglo-Saxon countries with few Allah believers and see what a poor, violent, downtrodden evil disaster they all aren't!

Qur'an 91:11[edit]

Thamood denied in its pride.

Qur'an 91:11 Notes[edit]

Some irrelevant tribe of people we know almost nothing about and are long gone...apparantly refused to believe in a sky-tyrrant...because (so is their excuse) there was no evidence. That is no excuse. The sky-tyrrant will have none of that.

Qur'an 91:12[edit]

When it followed its most wicked.

Qur'an 91:12 Notes[edit]

Smite and smite away these rational people!

Qur'an 91:13[edit]

The messenger of God said to them, “This is the she-camel of God, so let her drink.”

Qur'an 91:13 Notes[edit]

A bizzarely shaped animal that makes creepy sounds that just happens to live in the area where the religion was born...is somehow of incredible importance for the sky-tyrant.

Qur'an 91:14[edit]

But they called him a liar, and hamstrung her. So their Lord crushed them for their sin, and leveled it.

Qur'an 91:14 Notes[edit]

Based on no evidence given...the people ignored the superstitious cruft and woo...and the sky-tyrant made those who didn't accept the existence of some fantastical being by pure faith along...pulverized dust...just as a caring forgiving loving sky-tyrant would!

Qur'an 91:15[edit]

And He does not fear its sequel.

Qur'an 91:15 Notes[edit]

More mass murder of those who don't blindly believe in a fantastical being with no evidence...is to come! Praise the loving compassionate sky-tyrant!