Surah Ash-Shams (The Sun)

15 Verse(s) • Surah number 91 • Meccan

وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا


1. By the sun and its brightness

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا


2. And [by] the moon when it follows it

وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا


3. And [by] the day when it displays it

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا


4. And [by] the night when it covers it

وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا


5. And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا


6. And [by] the earth and He who spread it

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا


7. And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا


8. And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا


9. He has succeeded who purifies it,

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسَّاهَا


10. And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].