Surah Ash-Shams الشمس

The Sun · Chapter 91 · 15 verses · Meccan

Translation: Saheeh International

1. وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

   91:1 By the sun and its brightness

2. وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

   91:2 And [by] the moon when it follows it

3. وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

   91:3 And [by] the day when it displays it

4. وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا

   91:4 And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it

5. وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

   91:5 And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

6. وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

   91:6 And [by] the earth and He who spread it

7. وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

   91:7 And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

8. فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا

   91:8 And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,

9. قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

   91:9 He has succeeded who purifies it,

10. وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

    91:10 And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].

11. كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ

    91:11 Thamūd denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,

12. إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا

    91:12 When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

13. فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا

    91:13 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. فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا

    91:14 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. وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا

    91:15 And He does not fear the consequence thereof.