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Surah Ash-Shams

سُورَةُ الشَّمۡسِ

Surah Ash-Shams is the 91st surah of the Quran. Its name means “The Sun”. It is a meccan surah of 15 verses, opening in juz 30 on page 595 of the mushaf. Below is the full Arabic text in Uthmani script with an English translation for every verse.

سُورَةُ الشَّمۡسِ

Ash-Shams · Meccan · 15 ayahs

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا١ وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا٢ وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا٣ وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا٤ وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا٥ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا٦ وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا٧ فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا٨ قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا٩ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا١٠ كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ١١ إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا١٢ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا١٣ فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا١٤ وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا١٥

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Translation, verse by verse
  1. 91:1

    By the sun and its brightness

  2. 91:2

    And [by] the moon when it follows it

  3. 91:3

    And [by] the day when it displays it

  4. 91:4

    And [by] the night when it covers it

  5. 91:5

    And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

  6. 91:6

    And [by] the earth and He who spread it

  7. 91:7

    And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

  8. 91:8

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

  9. 91:9

    He has succeeded who purifies it,

  10. 91:10

    And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].

  11. 91:11

    Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,

  12. 91:12

    When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

  13. 91:13

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

  14. 91:14

    But 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. 91:15

    And He does not fear the consequence thereof.

سُورَةُ الشَّمۡسِ

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