سُورَةُ الشَّمۡسِ
Surah Ash-Shams (The Sun) – Arabic, Translation & Audio
Surah Ash-Shams is the 91st surah (chapter) of the Quran. Its name means “The Sun”. It has 15 ayahs (verses), is a Meccan surah (revealed in Makkah) and is found in Juz 30 of the Quran. Below you can read the full Arabic text with English translation and transliteration, and listen to each ayah.
| Surah number | 91 of 114 |
|---|---|
| Arabic name | الشمس |
| English meaning | The Sun |
| Number of ayahs | 15 |
| Revelation | Meccan (Makkah) |
| Order of revelation | 26 (traditional chronology) |
| Juz (part) | 30 |
| Mushaf pages | 595 (604-page Madinah mushaf) |
| Verses of prostration | None |
| Begins with Bismillah | Yes – recited before ayah 1 (not numbered) |
Read Surah Ash-Shams in Arabic with English translation
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ﴿١﴾
Wash shamsi wa duhaa haa
By the sun and his brightness,
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا ﴿٢﴾
Wal qamari izaa talaa haa
And the moon when she followeth him,
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا ﴿٣﴾
Wannahaari izaa jallaa haa
And the day when it revealeth him,
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا ﴿٤﴾
Wallaili izaa yaghshaa haa
And the night when it enshroudeth him,
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ﴿٥﴾
Wassamaaa'i wa maa banaahaa
And the heaven and Him Who built it,
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا ﴿٦﴾
Wal ardi wa maa tahaahaa
And the earth and Him Who spread it,
وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا ﴿٧﴾
Wa nafsinw wa maa sawwaahaa
And a soul and Him Who perfected it
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا ﴿٨﴾
Fa-alhamahaa fujoorahaa wa taqwaahaa
And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it.
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ﴿٩﴾
Qad aflaha man zakkaahaa
He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow,
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ﴿١٠﴾
Wa qad khaaba man dassaahaa
And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ ﴿١١﴾
Kazzabat Samoodu bi taghwaahaaa
(The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride,
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا ﴿١٢﴾
Izim ba'asa ashqaahaa
When the basest of them broke forth
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا ﴿١٣﴾
Faqaala lahum Rasoolul laahi naaqatal laahi wa suqiyaahaa
And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she-camel of Allah, so let her drink!
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا ﴿١٤﴾
Fakazzaboohu fa'aqaroohaa fadamdama 'alaihim Rabbuhum bizambihim fasaw waahaa
But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings).
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا ﴿١٥﴾
Wa laa yakhaafu'uqbaahaa
He dreadeth not the sequel (of events).
Arabic text: Uthmani script (Tanzil). English translation: Marmaduke Pickthall (1930, public domain). Transliteration: English transliteration from the Al Quran Cloud API, in a simple English spelling (it writes the Arabic letter dhal as “z”, while the duas on this site write it as “dh”). Audio: Mishary Rashid Alafasy. A translation conveys the meaning of the Quran; it is not the Quran itself.
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