Quran · Surah
Surah Ash-Shams (الشمس) — The Sun
Surah 91 · 15 verses · Meccan
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
By the sun and its brightness
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وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
and the moon as it follows it
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وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
and the day as it unveils it
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وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
and the night as it conceals it
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وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
And by heaven and ˹the One˺ Who built it
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وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
and the earth and ˹the One˺ Who spread it
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وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
And by the soul and ˹the One˺ Who fashioned it
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فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
then with ˹the knowledge of˺ right and wrong inspired it
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قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
Successful indeed is the one who purifies their soul
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وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
and doomed is the one who corrupts it
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كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
Thamûd rejected ˹the truth˺ out of arrogance
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إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
when the most wicked of them was roused ˹to kill the she-camel˺
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فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا
But the messenger of Allah warned them, “˹Do not disturb˺ Allah’s camel and her ˹turn to˺ drink!”
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فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
Still they defied him and slaughtered her. So their Lord crushed them for their crime, levelling all to the ground
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وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا
He has no fear of consequences
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English translation: The Clear Quran (Dr. Mustafa Khattab). Arabic: Tanzil / Uthmani text.