91. Ash-Shams (The Sun) Read Surah - Kuran.Wiki

Surah Ash-Shams

Surah Ash-Shams (The Sun) is the 91. surah in Quran.Ash-Shams surah is listed as the 26. by revelation order.

The meaning of surah Ash-Shams is The Sun. In total this surah is consist of 15 auahs. You can read Ash-Shams by word by word if you would like to examine it in details or click one of the ayahs below to check that ayah only.

It is considered to be a Meccan Surah as it was believed to be revealed in Mecca. This surah takes its name from the word mentioned in the first ayah.

The surah opens with a series of solemn oaths sworn on various astronomical phenomena, the first of which, sun. The surah talks about how God created humans proportioned and inspired them to be wicked and its righteous, whoever can purify their soul and become a good person will be rewarded accordingly and the ones who cannot will be punished.

The last part of the surah tells what happened to the Thamud tribe. The prophet Salih has urged them to worship God alone, and brought them a she-camel as a miracle. They disobeyed and killed the camel and God has destroyed them.

By the sun and its brightness

Wash shamsi wa duhaa haa

وٱلشمس وضحىها

And [by] the moon when it follows it

Wal qamari izaa talaa haa

وٱلقمر إذا تلىها

And [by] the day when it displays it

Wannahaari izaa jallaa haa

وٱلنهار إذا جلىها

And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it

Wallaili izaa yaghshaa haa

وٱليل إذا يغشىها

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

Wassamaaa’i wa maa banaahaa

وٱلسماء وما بنىها

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

Wal ardi wa maa tahaahaa

وٱلأرض وما طحىها

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

Wa nafsinw wa maa sawwaahaa

ونفس وما سوىها

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

Fa-alhamahaa fujoorahaa wa taqwaahaa

فألهمها فجورها وتقوىها

He has succeeded who purifies it,

Qad aflaha man zakkaahaa

قد أفلح من زكىها

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

Wa qad khaaba man dassaahaa

وقد خاب من دسىها

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

Kazzabat Samoodu bi taghwaahaaa

كذبت ثمود بطغوىها

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

Izim ba’asa ashqaahaa

إذ ٱنبعث أشقىها

And the messenger of Allāh [i.e., Ṣāliḥ] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allāh or [prevent her from] her drink."

Faqaala lahum Rasoolul laahi naaqatal laahi wa suqiyaahaa

فقال لهم رسول ٱلله ناقة ٱلله وسقيـها

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].

Fakazzaboohu fa’aqaroohaa fadamdama ‘alaihim Rabbuhum bizambihim fasaw waahaa

فكذبوه فعقروها فدمدم عليهم ربهم بذنبهم فسوىها

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.

Wa laa yakhaafu’uqbaahaa

ولا يخاف عقبـها

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