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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 her forenoon splendour,

  2. 91:2

    by the moon when he follows her,

  3. 91:3

    by the day when it reveals her,

  4. 91:4

    by the night when it covers her,

  5. 91:5

    by the sky and Him who built it,

  6. 91:6

    by the earth and Him who spread it,

  7. 91:7

    by the soul and Him who fashioned it,

  8. 91:8

    and inspired it with [discernment between] its virtues and vices:

  9. 91:9

    one who purifies it is felicitous,

  10. 91:10

    and one who betrays it fails.

  11. 91:11

    The [people of] Thamud denied [Allah’s signs] out of their rebellion,

  12. 91:12

    when the most wretched of them rose up.

  13. 91:13

    The apostle of Allah had told them, ‘This is Allah’s she-camel, let her drink!’

  14. 91:14

    But they impugned him and hamstrung her. So their Lord took them unawares by night because of their sin, and levelled it.

  15. 91:15

    And He does not fear its outcome.

سُورَةُ الشَّمۡسِ

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