وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ﴿١﴾
By the sun and his brightness,
91st surah of the Quran
The Sun
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ﴿١﴾
By the sun and his brightness,
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا ﴿٢﴾
And the moon when she followeth him,
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا ﴿٣﴾
And the day when it revealeth him,
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا ﴿٤﴾
And the night when it enshroudeth him,
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ﴿٥﴾
And the heaven and Him Who built it,
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا ﴿٦﴾
And the earth and Him Who spread it,
وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا ﴿٧﴾
And a soul and Him Who perfected it
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا ﴿٨﴾
And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it.
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ﴿٩﴾
He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow,
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ﴿١٠﴾
And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ ﴿١١﴾
(The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride,
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا ﴿١٢﴾
When the basest of them broke forth
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا ﴿١٣﴾
And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she-camel of Allah, so let her drink!
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا ﴿١٤﴾
But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings).
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا ﴿١٥﴾
He dreadeth not the sequel (of events).
Arabic text: Uthmani script. English translation: Marmaduke Pickthall. Audio: everyayah.com.
Surah Ash-Shams (الشمس) is the 91st surah of the Quran. It has 15 verses and is found in Juz 30. It is classified as a Meccan surah, meaning it was mainly revealed before the Prophet's migration (Hijra) to Medina.
Its name, الشمس, is commonly translated as “The Sun”.
Surah Ash-Shams (الشمس) has 15 verses. It is the 91st surah of the Quran, after Surah Al-Balad and before Surah Al-Layl, and it is found in Juz 30.
It is classified as a Meccan surah, meaning it was mainly revealed before the Hijra. In the traditional order of revelation it is number 26 out of 114. Scholars sometimes differ about the place of revelation of some verses.
الشمس is commonly translated as “The Sun”. The surahs are named after a word or a theme that appears in them, and the name is a label rather than a summary of the whole surah.
Surah Ash-Shams is in Juz' 30.
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