Surah 91 · Makkah · 15 verses
Ash-Shams
The Sun
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
- 91:1
وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا
By the sun and its brightness
- 91:2
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا
And [by] the moon when it follows it
- 91:3
وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا
And [by] the day when it displays it
- 91:4
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا
And [by] the night when it covers it
- 91:5
وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
- 91:6
وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
- 91:7
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
- 91:8
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness
- 91:9
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا
He has succeeded who purifies it
- 91:10
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسَّاهَا
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption]
- 91:11
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression
- 91:12
إِذِ انْبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا
When the most wretched of them was sent forth
- 91:13
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا
And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink
- 91:14
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِذَنْبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا
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]
- 91:15
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا
And He does not fear the consequence thereof
English translation: Saheeh International.
