Surah Ash-Shams word by word
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Ash-Shams (الشمس) word by word, in full: Meccan, revealed in Mecca, 15 verses, 54 words. Each verse is displayed in Arabic with its English translation, then broken down into words, each with its transliteration and meaning.
With 54 words to discover, Surah Ash-Shams becomes accessible even without knowing how to read Arabic: the transliteration guides the pronunciation and the meaning gives the sense. Repeat each word, then read the whole verse again: this is the most effective way to memorize this surah, understand what you recite in prayer and grow your Quranic vocabulary.
Updated on 30 September 2026 at 4:42 AM
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Verse 1 - Surah Ash-Shams: 2 words
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وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
By the sun and its brightness
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وَٱلشَّمْسِ
wal-shamsi
By the sun
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وَضُحَىٰهَا
waḍuḥāhā
and its brightness
Verse 2 - Surah Ash-Shams: 3 words
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وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
And [by] the moon when it follows it
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وَٱلْقَمَرِ
wal-qamari
And the moon
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إِذَا
idhā
when
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تَلَىٰهَا
talāhā
it follows it
Verse 3 - Surah Ash-Shams: 3 words
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وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
And [by] the day when it displays it
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وَٱلنَّهَارِ
wal-nahāri
And the day
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إِذَا
idhā
when
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جَلَّىٰهَا
jallāhā
it displays it
Verse 4 - Surah Ash-Shams: 3 words
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وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
And [by] the night when it covers it
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وَٱلَّيْلِ
wa-al-layli
And the night
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إِذَا
idhā
when
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يَغْشَىٰهَا
yaghshāhā
it covers it
Verse 5 - Surah Ash-Shams: 3 words
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وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
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وَٱلسَّمَآءِ
wal-samāi
And the heaven
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وَمَا
wamā
and (He) Who
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بَنَىٰهَا
banāhā
constructed it
Verse 6 - Surah Ash-Shams: 3 words
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وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
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وَٱلْأَرْضِ
wal-arḍi
And the earth
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وَمَا
wamā
and by (He) Who
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طَحَىٰهَا
ṭaḥāhā
spread it
Verse 7 - Surah Ash-Shams: 3 words
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وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
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وَنَفْسٍۢ
wanafsin
And (the) soul
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وَمَا
wamā
and (He) Who
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سَوَّىٰهَا
sawwāhā
proportioned it
Verse 8 - Surah Ash-Shams: 3 words
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فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
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فَأَلْهَمَهَا
fa-alhamahā
And He inspired it
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فُجُورَهَا
fujūrahā
(to distinguish) its wickedness
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وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
wataqwāhā
and its righteousness
Verse 9 - Surah Ash-Shams: 4 words
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قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
He has succeeded who purifies it,
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قَدْ
qad
Indeed
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أَفْلَحَ
aflaḥa
he succeeds
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مَن
man
who
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زَكَّىٰهَا
zakkāhā
purifies it
Verse 10 - Surah Ash-Shams: 4 words
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وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
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وَقَدْ
waqad
And indeed
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خَابَ
khāba
he fails
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مَن
man
who
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دَسَّىٰهَا
dassāhā
buries it
Verse 11 - Surah Ash-Shams: 3 words
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كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
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كَذَّبَتْ
kadhabat
Denied
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ثَمُودُ
thamūdu
Thamud
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بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
biṭaghwāhā
by their transgression
Verse 12 - Surah Ash-Shams: 3 words
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إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
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إِذِ
idhi
When
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ٱنۢبَعَثَ
inbaʿatha
(was) sent forth
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أَشْقَىٰهَا
ashqāhā
(the) most wicked of them
Verse 13 - Surah Ash-Shams: 7 words
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فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا
And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."
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فَقَالَ
faqāla
But said
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لَهُمْ
lahum
to them
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رَسُولُ
rasūlu
(the) Messenger
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ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
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نَاقَةَ
nāqata
(It is the) she-camel
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ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
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وَسُقْيَـٰهَا
wasuq'yāhā
and her drink
Verse 14 - Surah Ash-Shams: 7 words
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فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
But they denied him and hamstrung her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].
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فَكَذَّبُوهُ
fakadhabūhu
But they denied him
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فَعَقَرُوهَا
faʿaqarūhā
and they hamstrung her
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فَدَمْدَمَ
fadamdama
So destroyed
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عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
them
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رَبُّهُم
rabbuhum
their Lord
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بِذَنۢبِهِمْ
bidhanbihim
for their sin
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فَسَوَّىٰهَا
fasawwāhā
and leveled them
Verse 15 - Surah Ash-Shams: 3 words
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وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.
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وَلَا
walā
And not
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يَخَافُ
yakhāfu
He fears
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عُقْبَـٰهَا
ʿuq'bāhā
its consequences
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