وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
By the sun and its brightnessSaheeh International
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
By the sun and its brightnessSaheeh International
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
And [by] the moon when it follows itSaheeh International
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
And [by] the day when it displays itSaheeh International
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] itSaheeh International
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
And [by] the sky and He who constructed itSaheeh International
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
And [by] the earth and He who spread itSaheeh International
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned itSaheeh International
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,Saheeh International
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
He has succeeded who purifies it,Saheeh International
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].Saheeh International
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
Thamūd denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,Saheeh International
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.Saheeh International
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."Saheeh International
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].Saheeh International
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.Saheeh International
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 page 595 of the mushaf.
Surah Ash-Shams is a Makki surah, revealed in Makkah before the Prophet's ﷺ migration to Madinah.