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Surah 91 of 114

الشَّمۡسِ

Ash-Shams

The Sun · Makki · 15 ayat

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَاAyah 1

    91:1By the sun and its brightness

  2. وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَاAyah 2

    91:2And [by] the moon when it follows it

  3. وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَاAyah 3

    91:3And [by] the day when it displays it

  4. وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَاAyah 4

    91:4And [by] the night when it covers it

  5. وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَاAyah 5

    91:5And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

  6. وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَاAyah 6

    91:6And [by] the earth and He who spread it

  7. وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَاAyah 7

    91:7And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

  8. فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَاAyah 8

    91:8And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,

  9. قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَاAyah 9

    91:9He has succeeded who purifies it,

  10. وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَاAyah 10

    91:10And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].

  11. كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآAyah 11

    91:11Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,

  12. إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَاAyah 12

    91:12When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

  13. فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَاAyah 13

    91:13And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."

  14. فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَاAyah 14

    91:14But 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].

  15. وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَاAyah 15

    91:15And He does not fear the consequence thereof.

Arabic: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), © Tanzil Project, CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Saheeh International, via the Tanzil translations. A translation conveys meaning; it is not the Qur’an itself.