Read surah Ash-Shams
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].