Surah 91

سورة الشمس

Ash-Shams

The Sun

  • 15 ayahs
  • Revealed in Makkah
  • Juz 30
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بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful

  1. 91:1

    وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا 

    By the sun and its brightness

  2. 91:2

    وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا 

    And [by] the moon when it follows it

  3. 91:3

    وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا 

    And [by] the day when it displays it

  4. 91:4

    وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا 

    And [by] the night when it covers it

  5. 91:5

    وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا 

    And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

  6. 91:6

    وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا 

    And [by] the earth and He who spread it

  7. 91:7

    وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا 

    And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

  8. 91:8

    فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا 

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

  9. 91:9

    قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا 

    He has succeeded who purifies it

  10. 91:10

    وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا 

    And he has failed who instills it [with corruption]

  11. 91:11

    كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ 

    Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression

  12. 91:12

    إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا 

    When the most wretched of them was sent forth

  13. 91:13

    فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا 

    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 فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا 

    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 عُقۡبَٰهَا 

    And He does not fear the consequence thereof

Quran text: Tanzil (tanzil.net). Translation: Saheeh International. Recitation: Sheikh Mahmoud Khalil al-Husary.

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