Learn Sūrat ash-Shams
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What Sūrat ash-Shams is about
Sūrat ash-Shams has 15 āyāt in the thirtieth juzʼ. It opens with a long run of oaths: by the sun and its morning light, the moon that follows it, the day and the night, the sky and the earth, and the soul and the One who shaped it (91:1–7).
The oaths lead to one point: Allah inspired the soul with its wickedness and its mindfulness, and whoever purifies it succeeds, while whoever buries it fails (91:8–10). The sūrah then tells how Thamūd, in their transgression, hamstrung the she-camel of Allah, and their Lord destroyed them (91:11–15).
- Āyāt 1–10
The soul and its two ways
By the sun and its brightness, the moon, the day and the night, the sky and the earth, and the soul and the One who proportioned it and inspired it with its wickedness and its mindfulness: whoever purifies it has succeeded, and whoever buries it has failed (91:9–10).
- Āyāt 11–15
Thamūd and the she-camel
Thamūd denied in their transgression when the most wretched of them rose up. The messenger of Allah told them to leave Allah’s she-camel and her drink. They called him a liar and hamstrung her, so their Lord crushed them for their sin, and He does not fear what follows (91:15).
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Sources
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- “What it is about” is Qiraa’s own summary of the āyāt cited beside each part. Each range opens in translation on Quran.com, so you can read it for yourself.