Read Surah Ash-Shams — Full Text with Transliteration

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سُورَةُ الشَّمْسِ

91. Ash-Shams — The Sun

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا91:1

    Wash shamsi wa duhaa haa

    By the sun and its brightness

  2. وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا91:2

    Wal qamari izaa talaa haa

    And [by] the moon when it follows it

  3. وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا91:3

    Wannahaari izaa jallaa haa

    And [by] the day when it displays it

  4. وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا91:4

    Wallaili izaa yaghshaa haa

    And [by] the night when it covers it

  5. وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا91:5

    Wassamaaa'i wa maa banaahaa

    And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

  6. وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا91:6

    Wal ardi wa maa tahaahaa

    And [by] the earth and He who spread it

  7. وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا91:7

    Wa nafsinw wa maa sawwaahaa

    And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

  8. فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا91:8

    Fa-alhamahaa fujoorahaa wa taqwaahaa

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

  9. قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا91:9

    Qad aflaha man zakkaahaa

    He has succeeded who purifies it,

  10. وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا91:10

    Wa qad khaaba man dassaahaa

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

  11. كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ91:11

    Kazzabat Samoodu bi taghwaahaaa

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

  12. إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا91:12

    Izim ba'asa ashqaahaa

    When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

  13. فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا91:13

    Faqaala lahum Rasoolul laahi naaqatal laahi wa suqiyaahaa

    And 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 فَسَوَّىٰهَا91:14

    Fakazzaboohu fa'aqaroohaa fadamdama 'alaihim Rabbuhum bizambihim fasaw waahaa

    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].

  15. وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا91:15

    Wa laa yakhaafu'uqbaahaa

    And He does not fear the consequence thereof.