Surah Ash-Shams سُورَةُ الشَّمۡسِ
Surah Ash-Shams (سُورَةُ الشَّمۡسِ), "The Sun", is chapter 91 of the Quran's 114. It has 15 ayahs, is classified as Makki (revealed in Makkah), and appears in Juz 30 of the standard thirty-part division. Read it below with the Arabic text, the Sahih International English translation, word-by-word meanings and ayah-by-ayah recitation from your chosen reciter.
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
91:1By the sun and its brightness
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
91:2And [by] the moon when it follows it
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
91:3And [by] the day when it displays it
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
91:4And [by] the night when it covers it
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
91:5And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
91:6And [by] the earth and He who spread it
وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
91:7And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
91:8And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
91:9He has succeeded who purifies it,
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
91:10And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
91:11Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
91:12When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا
91:13And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
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].
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا
91:15And He does not fear the consequence thereof.
Arabic: Uthmani script via Islamic Network. Translation: Sahih International via Islamic Network. Audio: Islamic Network CDN. Word-by-word glosses and word pronunciation: Quran.com (Quran Foundation). Quranic text is displayed exactly as provided and never altered; see sources.
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