Surah Ash-Shams

    The Sun

    الشمس
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    وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
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    About Surah Ash-Shams

    Ash-Shams, the Sun, opens with a series of oaths by the sun, the moon, the day, and the night, building to the central truth: that the one who purifies his soul succeeds, and the one who corrupts it fails. It recalls the people of Thamud who killed the she-camel and met their ruin.

    Oaths by creationPurifying the soulSuccess and failureThe people of Thamud

    Arabic: Uthmani script (Hafs). Translation: English. Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy. See Sources for full attribution.

    Surah Ash-Shams (The Sun)

    Surah 91 of the Holy Quran · Meccan · 15 verses

    Also spelled: Ash Shams, AshShams, Shams, The Sun

    Surah Ash-Shams (The Sun) is the 91th chapter of the Holy Quran. It was revealed in Mecca and contains 15 verses (ayahs). Read it below with the Arabic text, transliteration, and English translation, or open it as interactive flashcards to memorize it verse by verse.

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    1. 91:1

      وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

      Wash shamsi wa duhaa haa

      By the sun and its brightness

    2. 91:2

      وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

      Wal qamari izaa talaa haa

      And [by] the moon when it follows it

    3. 91:3

      وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

      Wannahaari izaa jallaa haa

      And [by] the day when it displays it

    4. 91:4

      وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا

      Wallaili izaa yaghshaa haa

      And [by] the night when it covers it

    5. 91:5

      وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

      Wassamaaa'i wa maa banaahaa

      And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

    6. 91:6

      وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

      Wal ardi wa maa tahaahaa

      And [by] the earth and He who spread it

    7. 91:7

      وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

      Wa nafsinw wa maa sawwaahaa

      And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

    8. 91:8

      فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا

      Fa-alhamahaa fujoorahaa wa taqwaahaa

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

    9. 91:9

      قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

      Qad aflaha man zakkaahaa

      He has succeeded who purifies it,

    10. 91:10

      وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

      Wa qad khaaba man dassaahaa

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

    11. 91:11

      كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ

      Kazzabat Samoodu bi taghwaahaaa

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

    12. 91:12

      إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا

      Izim ba'asa ashqaahaa

      When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

    13. 91:13

      فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا

      Faqaala lahum Rasoolul laahi naaqatal laahi wa suqiyaahaa

      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

      فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا

      Fakazzaboohu fa'aqaroohaa fadamdama 'alaihim Rabbuhum bizambihim fasaw waahaa

      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

      وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا

      Wa laa yakhaafu'uqbaahaa

      And He does not fear the consequence thereof.