Surah information

Name

سُورَةُ الشَّمۡسِ

English name

Ash-Shams

Translation

The Sun

Number

91

Ayahs

15

Revelation

Meccan

Translations

بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

1

وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا 

CONSIDER the sun and its radiant brightness,

2

وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا 

and the moon as it reflects the sun!

3

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا 

Consider the day as it reveals the world,

4

وَٱلَّیۡلِ إِذَا یَغۡشَىٰهَا 

and the night as it veils it darkly!

5

وَٱلسَّمَاۤءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا 

Consider the sky and its wondrous make,

6

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا 

and the earth and all its expanse!

7

وَنَفۡسࣲ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا 

Consider the human self, and how it is formed in accordance with what it is meant to be,

8

فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا 

and how it is imbued with moral failings as well as with consciousness of God!

9

قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا 

To a happy state shall indeed attain he who causes this [self] to grow in purity,

10

وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا 

and truly lost is he who buries it [in darkness].