Surah Ash-Shams — Part 1

1. سُورَةُ الشمس

The surah teaches that success comes from purifying the soul and loss comes from corrupting it.

It is a Makki surah with 15 ayahs.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

• بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

2. وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ﴿١﴾

By the sun and its brightness

• وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ﴿١﴾

3. وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا ﴿٢﴾

And [by] the moon when it follows it

• وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا ﴿٢﴾

4. وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا ﴿٣﴾

And [by] the day when it displays it

• وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا ﴿٣﴾

5. وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا ﴿٤﴾

And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it

• وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا ﴿٤﴾

6. وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ﴿٥﴾

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

• وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ﴿٥﴾

7. Summary

Review the word-by-word meanings from ayahs 1–5 of Surah Ash-Shams.