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Surah 91 · Makkan

الشمس

Ash-Shams

The Sun

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. 191:1

    وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

    By the sun and its brightness

  2. 291:2

    وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

    And [by] the moon when it follows it

  3. 391:3

    وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

    And [by] the day when it displays it1

  4. 491:4

    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا

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

  5. 591:5

    وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

    And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

  6. 691:6

    وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

    And [by] the earth and He who spread it

  7. 791:7

    وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

    And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it1

  8. 891:8

    فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا

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

  9. 991:9

    قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

    He has succeeded who purifies it,

  10. 1091:10

    وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

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

  11. 1191:11

    كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ

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

  12. 1291:12

    إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا

    When the most wretched of them was sent forth.1

  13. 1391:13

    فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا

    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."

  14. 1491:14

    فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا

    But they denied him and hamstrung1 her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].

  15. 1591:15

    وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا

    And He does not fear the consequence thereof.1