The Holy Quran 91:10 — Surah Ash-Shams

Arabic text

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

Translation

...and the one who soiled it (by involving it in kufr, shirk and sin) has certainly failed.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Obeying the self is failure: that is, “leaving it buried in the dust” means handing the reins of the self entirely over to desire and anger and having nothing to do with reason and the shariah, as though becoming a slave of wishes and passions. Such a person is worse and more contemptible than animals. (Note.)

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