Surah 91

Ash-Shams

The Sun · Meccan · 15 verses

سُورَةُ الشَّمۡسِ

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا1

1.By the sun and its brightness

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا2

2.And [by] the moon when it follows it

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا3

3.And [by] the day when it displays it

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا4

4.And [by] the night when it covers it

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا5

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

وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا6

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

وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا7

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

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا8

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

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا9

9.He has succeeded who purifies it,

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا10

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

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ11

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

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا12

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

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا13

13.And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا14

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].

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا15

15.And He does not fear the consequence thereof.