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Surah Ash-Shams MP3

The Sun · listen, download & read with translation

  • Meccan
  • 15 verses
  • Juz 30
  • Page 595
  • Revelation order 26

Also known as: Shams, The Sun

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by Mishary Rashid Alafasy

About Surah Ash-Shams

Ash-Shams, “The Sun”, contains eleven consecutive oaths – by the sun, the moon, the day, the night, the sky, the earth and the soul – leading to its central message: “He has succeeded who purifies it, and he has failed who corrupts it.”

It then tells of the people of Thamud, who disobeyed the Prophet Salih and hamstrung the she-camel of Allah, and were destroyed.

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ﴿١﴾

    91:1 By the sun and its brightness

  2. وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا ﴿٢﴾

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

  3. وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا ﴿٣﴾

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

  4. وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا ﴿٤﴾

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

  5. وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ﴿٥﴾

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

  6. وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا ﴿٦﴾

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

  7. وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا ﴿٧﴾

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

  8. فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا ﴿٨﴾

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

  9. قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ﴿٩﴾

    91:9 He has succeeded who purifies it,

  10. وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ﴿١٠﴾

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

  11. كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ ﴿١١﴾

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

  12. إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا ﴿١٢﴾

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

  13. فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا ﴿١٣﴾

    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 ﴿١٤﴾

    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 ﴿١٥﴾

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

Arabic: Uthmani script (quran.com / Tanzil). English: Saheeh International.

FAQ

How many verses are in Surah Ash-Shams?

Surah Ash-Shams has 15 verses (ayat) and is the 91st surah of the Quran.

Is Surah Ash-Shams Meccan or Medinan?

Surah Ash-Shams is a Meccan surah. It is number 26 in the order of revelation.

Which juz is Surah Ash-Shams in?

Surah Ash-Shams is in juz 30, on page 595 of the Madinah mushaf.

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