Surah Ash Shams Read in Arabic with English translation, transliteration, tafseer, video & lessons.

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Surah Ash Shams

Surah Number	91
Surah Name	Ash-Shams (The Sun)
Revelation Place	Makkah
Total Ayat	15
Main Theme	Purification of the soul and consequences of corruption

Ayah by Ayah (Arabic, Transliteration, Translation)

وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا ﴿١﴾

Wash-shamsi wa duhaha

By the sun and its brightness

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا ﴿٢﴾

Wal-qamari idha talaha

And [by] the moon when it follows it

وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا ﴿٣﴾

Wan-nahari idha jallaha

And [by] the day when it displays it

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا ﴿٤﴾

Wal-layli idha yaghshaha

And [by] the night when it covers it

وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا ﴿٥﴾

Was-sama’i wa ma banaha

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا ﴿٦﴾

Wal-ardi wa ma tahaha

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا ﴿٧﴾

Wa nafsin wa ma sawwaha

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا ﴿٨﴾

Fa alhamaha fujuraha wa taqwaha

And inspired it with discernment of its wickedness and its righteousness

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا ﴿٩﴾

Qad aflaha man zakkaha

He has succeeded who purifies it

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا ﴿١٠﴾

Wa qad khaba man dassaha

And he has failed who corrupts it

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا ﴿١١﴾

Kadhdhabat Thamoodu bi-taghwaha

Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا ﴿١٢﴾

Idhinba’atha ashqaha

When the most wicked of them was sent forth

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا ﴿١٣﴾

Faqala lahum rasoolullahi naqatallahi wa suqyaha

And the messenger of Allah said to them, “[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or her drink.”

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا ﴿١٤﴾

Fakadhdhabuhu fa’aqaruha fadamdama ‘alayhim rabbuhum bidhanbihim fasawwaha

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.

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا ﴿١٥﴾

Wa la yakhafu ‘uqbaha

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.

Full Surah Al-Shams English Translation

(1) By the sun and its brightness,

(2) And [by] the moon when it follows it,

(3) And [by] the day when it displays it,

(4) And [by] the night when it covers it,

(5) And [by] the sky and He who constructed it,

(6) And [by] the earth and He who spread it,

(7) And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it,

(8) And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,

(9) He has succeeded who purifies it,

(10) And he has failed who instills it [with corruption],

(11) Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,

(12) When the most wretched of them was sent forth,

(13) And the Messenger of Allah said to them, “The she-camel of Allah and her drink.”

(14) But they denied him and hamstrung her. So their Lord destroyed them for their sin and leveled them.

(15) And He does not fear the consequence thereof.

Full Surah Al-Shams English Transliteration

(1) Wash-shamsi wa ḍuḥāhā

(2) Wal-qamari idhā talāhā

(3) Wan-nahāri idhā jallāhā

(4) Wal-layli idhā yaghshāhā

(5) Was-samā’i wa mā banāhā

(6) Wal-arḍi wa mā ṭaḥāhā

(7) Wa nafsin wa mā sawwāhā

(8) Fa-alhamahā fujūrahā wa taqwāhā

(9) Qad aflaḥa man zakkāhā

(10) Wa qad khāba man dassāhā

(11) Kadhdhabat Thamūdu biṭagwāhā

(12) Idhin ba‘atha ashqāhā

(13) Fa-qāla lahum rasūlullāhi nāqatallāhi wa suqyāhā

(14) Fa-kadhdhabūhu fa‘aqarūhā fa-damdama ‘alayhim rabbuhum bidhambihim fasawwāhā

(15) Wa lā yakhāfu ‘uqbāhā

Tafseer (Ibn Kathir Summary)

Surah Ash-Shams emphasizes the importance of purifying the soul. Ibn Kathir explains that Allah swears by multiple signs of His creation to highlight that success belongs to those who cleanse their souls through obedience, while destruction awaits those who corrupt them, as seen in the example of the people of Thamud.