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Surah Ash-Shams

The Sun · Meccan · 15 verses

Ash-Shams (“The Sun”) is the 91st surah of the Quran, a Meccan surah of 15 verses in juz 30, page 595 of the Madani mushaf. Read it below in the Uthmani script with the Saheeh International translation, and play any verse recited by Mishary Rashid Alafasy.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. 91:1

    وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ﴿١﴾

    By the sun and its brightness

  2. 91:2

    وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا ﴿٢﴾

    And [by] the moon when it follows it

  3. 91:3

    وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا ﴿٣﴾

    And [by] the day when it displays it

  4. 91:4

    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا ﴿٤﴾

    And [by] the night when it covers it

  5. 91:5

    وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ﴿٥﴾

    And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

  6. 91:6

    وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا ﴿٦﴾

    And [by] the earth and He who spread it

  7. 91:7

    وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا ﴿٧﴾

    And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

  8. 91:8

    فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا ﴿٨﴾

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

  9. 91:9

    قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ﴿٩﴾

    He has succeeded who purifies it,

  10. 91:10

    وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ﴿١٠﴾

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

  11. 91:11

    كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ ﴿١١﴾

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

  12. 91:12

    إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا ﴿١٢﴾

    When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

  13. 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."

  14. 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].

  15. 91:15

    وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا ﴿١٥﴾

    And He does not fear the consequence thereof.

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Text and translations: Tanzil Uthmani and translators via alquran.cloud · Audio: everyayah.com