وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
By the sun and its brightness
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
By the sun and its brightness
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
And [by] the moon when it follows it
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
And [by] the day when it displays it
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
He has succeeded who purifies it,
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
Thamūd denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا
And the messenger of Allāh [i.e., Ṣāliḥ] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allāh or [prevent her from] her drink."
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
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 عُقْبَـٰهَا
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.
Ash-Shams opens with eleven oaths — by the sun, the moon, the day, the night, the sky, the earth, and the soul — building to one truth: he has succeeded who purifies his soul, and he has failed who corrupts it (91:9–10). Thamud stands as the warning: they hamstrung the she-camel, and their Lord leveled them.
Ash-Shams (الشمس) means "The Sun" in English. It is chapter 91 of the Holy Quran.
Surah Ash-Shams has 15 verses (ayat). It appears on pages 595 to 595 of the mushaf.
Surah Ash-Shams is a Makki surah, revealed in Makkah before the Prophet's ﷺ migration to Madinah.
Ash-Shams opens with eleven oaths — by the sun, the moon, the day, the night, the sky, the earth, and the soul — building to one truth: he has succeeded who purifies his soul, and he has failed who corrupts it (91:9–10). Thamud stands as the warning: they hamstrung the she-camel, and their Lord leveled them.