# Surah Ash-Shams (الشَّمْس) — The Sun

> **Chapter 91 of the Holy Quran** · **15 Verses** · **Meccan Revelation**

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- **Reciter**: Sheikh Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
- **Script**: Authentic Uthmanic Arabic Script (Hafs 'an 'Asim)
- **English Translation**: Saheeh International (100+ additional languages available on the interactive web reader)

## Complete Quran Text & English Translation (15 Verses)

### Verse 91:1

وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

By the sun and its brightness

### Verse 91:2

وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

And [by] the moon when it follows it

### Verse 91:3

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

And [by] the day when it displays it

### Verse 91:4

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا

And [by] the night when it covers it

### Verse 91:5

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

### Verse 91:6

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

### Verse 91:7

وَنَفۡسࣲ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

### Verse 91:8

فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا

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

### Verse 91:9

قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

He has succeeded who purifies it

### Verse 91:10

وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

And he has failed who instills it [with corruption]

### Verse 91:11

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ

Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression

### Verse 91:12

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا

When the most wretched of them was sent forth

### Verse 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

### Verse 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]

### Verse 91:15

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا

And He does not fear the consequence thereof