Surah 91 of 114

Surah Ash-Shams

سُورَةُ الشَّمْسِ

The Sun · Meccan · 15 ayat · from page 595 of the Madinah muṣḥaf

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

    By the sun and its brightness

    91:1
  2. وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

    And [by] the moon when it follows it

    91:2
  3. وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

    And [by] the day when it displays it

    91:3
  4. وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا

    And [by] the night when it covers it

    91:4
  5. وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

    And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

    91:5
  6. وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

    And [by] the earth and He who spread it

    91:6
  7. وَنَفْسࣲ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

    And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

    91:7
  8. فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا

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

    91:8
  9. قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

    He has succeeded who purifies it,

    91:9
  10. وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

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

    91:10
  11. كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ

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

    91:11
  12. إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا

    When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

    91:12
  13. فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا

    And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."

    91:13
  14. فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ 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].

    91:14
  15. وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا

    And He does not fear the consequence thereof.

    91:15

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