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Surah Ash-Shams (The Sun) – English Translation & Arabic Text

About Surah Ash-Shams (The Sun)

  • Surah 91 of 114
  • Meccan
  • 15 verses
  • Arabic name: الشمس

Surah Ash-Shams (الشمس), "The Sun", is a Meccan surah with 15 verses. On Quran Around The World every verse has its own page that brings together the Arabic text, the Sa'di and Jalalayn tafsir, the English meaning and related topics. Choose a verse number below.

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Surah Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - English

Surah Ash-Shams ( The Sun ) - Aya count 15

Surah Ash-Shams (The Sun) is a Meccan surah of 15 verses. It is surah number 91 in the Mushaf and begins on page 595 of the Madinah Mushaf.

سورة الشمس مكية، عدد آياتها 15، وترتيبها 91 في المصحف، وتبدأ في الصفحة 595 من مصحف المدينة النبوية.

سورة الشمس بالعربية · الصفحة 595 من المصحف · تفسير السورة

91:1

وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ﴿١﴾

By the sun and its brightness

91:2

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا ﴿٢﴾

And [by] the moon when it follows it

91:3

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا ﴿٣﴾

And [by] the day when it displays it

91:4

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا ﴿٤﴾

And [by] the night when it covers it

91:5

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ﴿٥﴾

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

91:6

وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا ﴿٦﴾

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

91:7

وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا ﴿٧﴾

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

91:8

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا ﴿٨﴾

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

91:9

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ﴿٩﴾

He has succeeded who purifies it,

91:10

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ﴿١٠﴾

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

91:11

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ ﴿١١﴾

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

91:12

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا ﴿١٢﴾

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

91:13

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا ﴿١٣﴾

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

91:14

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا ﴿١٤﴾

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].

91:15

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا ﴿١٥﴾

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.