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91. Surah Ash-Shams
The Sun
Read and listen to the full Surah Ash-Shams (Chapter 91), consisting of 15 verses. Revealed in Mecca (Juz 30), it includes complete Arabic text with diacritics, translations, tafsirs, word-by-word meaning, and audio by Maher Al-Muaiqly, Abdul Basit and other reciters.
In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful
والشمس وضحاها ١
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ١
وَٱلشَّمۡسِ
وَضُحَىٰهَا
١
By the sun and its brightness,
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والقمر اذا تلاها ٢
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا ٢
وَٱلۡقَمَرِ
إِذَا
تَلَىٰهَا
٢
and the moon as it follows it,1
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والنهار اذا جلاها ٣
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا ٣
وَٱلنَّهَارِ
إِذَا
جَلَّىٰهَا
٣
and the day as it unveils it,
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والليل اذا يغشاها ٤
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا ٤
وَٱلَّيۡلِ
إِذَا
يَغۡشَىٰهَا
٤
and the night as it conceals it!
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والسماء وما بناها ٥
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ٥
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ
وَمَا
بَنَىٰهَا
٥
And by heaven and ˹the One˺ Who built it,
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والارض وما طحاها ٦
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا ٦
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ
وَمَا
طَحَىٰهَا
٦
and the earth and ˹the One˺ Who spread it!
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ونفس وما سواها ٧
وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا ٧
وَنَفۡسٖ
وَمَا
سَوَّىٰهَا
٧
And by the soul and ˹the One˺ Who fashioned it,
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فالهمها فجورها وتقواها ٨
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا ٨
فَأَلۡهَمَهَا
فُجُورَهَا
وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا
٨
then with ˹the knowledge of˺ right and wrong inspired it!
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قد افلح من زكاها ٩
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ٩
قَدۡ
أَفۡلَحَ
مَن
زَكَّىٰهَا
٩
Successful indeed is the one who purifies their soul,
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وقد خاب من دساها ١٠
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ١٠
وَقَدۡ
خَابَ
مَن
دَسَّىٰهَا
١٠
and doomed is the one who corrupts it!
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