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الشمس

Surah Ash-Shams

Surah Ash-Shams (الشمس) is surah 91 of the 114 surahs of the Quran. It has 15 ayahs, was revealed in Mecca (Meccan), and its name means “The Sun”.

  1. وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ۝١

    91:1By the sun and its brightness

  2. وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا ۝٢

    91:2And [by] the moon when it follows it

  3. وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا ۝٣

    91:3And [by] the day when it displays it

  4. وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا ۝٤

    91:4And [by] the night when it covers it

  5. وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ۝٥

    91:5And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

  6. وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا ۝٦

    91:6And [by] the earth and He who spread it

  7. وَنَفۡسࣲ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا ۝٧

    91:7And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

  8. فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا ۝٨

    91:8And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness

  9. قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ۝٩

    91:9He has succeeded who purifies it

  10. وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ۝١٠

    91:10And he has failed who instills it [with corruption]

  11. كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ ۝١١

    91:11Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression

  12. إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا ۝١٢

    91:12When the most wretched of them was sent forth

  13. فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا ۝١٣

    91:13And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink

  14. فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا ۝١٤

    91:14But they denied him and hamstrung her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them]

  15. وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا ۝١٥

    91:15And He does not fear the consequence thereof