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

وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

By the sun and its brightness

وَٱلشَّمْسِ wal-shamsi By the sun
وَضُحَىٰهَا waḍuḥāhā and its brightness

Verse 2 - Surah Ash-Shams: 3 words

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

And [by] the moon when it follows it

وَٱلْقَمَرِ wal-qamari And the moon
إِذَا idhā when
تَلَىٰهَا talāhā it follows it

Verse 3 - Surah Ash-Shams: 3 words

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

And [by] the day when it displays it

وَٱلنَّهَارِ wal-nahāri And the day
إِذَا idhā when
جَلَّىٰهَا jallāhā it displays it

Verse 4 - Surah Ash-Shams: 3 words

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا

And [by] the night when it covers it

وَٱلَّيْلِ wa-al-layli And the night
إِذَا idhā when
يَغْشَىٰهَا yaghshāhā it covers it

Verse 5 - Surah Ash-Shams: 3 words

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ wal-samāi And the heaven
وَمَا wamā and (He) Who
بَنَىٰهَا banāhā constructed it

Verse 6 - Surah Ash-Shams: 3 words

وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

وَٱلْأَرْضِ wal-arḍi And the earth
وَمَا wamā and by (He) Who
طَحَىٰهَا ṭaḥāhā spread it

Verse 7 - Surah Ash-Shams: 3 words

وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

وَنَفْسٍۢ wanafsin And (the) soul
وَمَا wamā and (He) Who
سَوَّىٰهَا sawwāhā proportioned it

Verse 8 - Surah Ash-Shams: 3 words

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا

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

فَأَلْهَمَهَا fa-alhamahā And He inspired it
فُجُورَهَا fujūrahā (to distinguish) its wickedness
وَتَقْوَىٰهَا wataqwāhā and its righteousness

Verse 9 - Surah Ash-Shams: 4 words

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

He has succeeded who purifies it,

قَدْ qad Indeed
أَفْلَحَ aflaḥa he succeeds
مَن man who
زَكَّىٰهَا zakkāhā purifies it

Verse 10 - Surah Ash-Shams: 4 words

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

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

وَقَدْ waqad And indeed
خَابَ khāba he fails
مَن man who
دَسَّىٰهَا dassāhā buries it

Verse 11 - Surah Ash-Shams: 3 words

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ

Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,

كَذَّبَتْ kadhabat Denied
ثَمُودُ thamūdu Thamud
بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ biṭaghwāhā by their transgression

Verse 12 - Surah Ash-Shams: 3 words

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

إِذِ idhi When
ٱنۢبَعَثَ inbaʿatha (was) sent forth
أَشْقَىٰهَا ashqāhā (the) most wicked of them

Verse 13 - Surah Ash-Shams: 7 words

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."

فَقَالَ faqāla But said
لَهُمْ lahum to them
رَسُولُ rasūlu (the) Messenger
ٱللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah
نَاقَةَ nāqata (It is the) she-camel
ٱللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah
وَسُقْيَـٰهَا wasuq'yāhā and her drink

Verse 14 - Surah Ash-Shams: 7 words

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].

فَكَذَّبُوهُ fakadhabūhu But they denied him
فَعَقَرُوهَا faʿaqarūhā and they hamstrung her
فَدَمْدَمَ fadamdama So destroyed
عَلَيْهِمْ ʿalayhim them
رَبُّهُم rabbuhum their Lord
بِذَنۢبِهِمْ bidhanbihim for their sin
فَسَوَّىٰهَا fasawwāhā and leveled them

Verse 15 - Surah Ash-Shams: 3 words

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.

وَلَا walā And not
يَخَافُ yakhāfu He fears
عُقْبَـٰهَا ʿuq'bāhā its consequences

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