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.