Surah Ash-Shams for kids

Surah

91

Verses

15

Revealed in

Makkah

Meaning

The Sun

1. 1

   وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

   wal-shamsi waḍuḥāhā

   By the sun and its brightness

   Word by word

   • وَٱلشَّمْسِwal-shamsiBy the sun
   • وَضُحَىٰهَاwaḍuḥāhāand its brightness
2. 2

   وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

   wal-qamari idhā talāhā

   And [by] the moon when it follows it

   Word by word

   • وَٱلْقَمَرِwal-qamariAnd the moon
   • إِذَاidhāwhen
   • تَلَىٰهَاtalāhāit follows it
3. 3

   وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

   wal-nahāri idhā jallāhā

   And [by] the day when it displays it

   Word by word

   • وَٱلنَّهَارِwal-nahāriAnd the day
   • إِذَاidhāwhen
   • جَلَّىٰهَاjallāhāit displays it
4. 4

   وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا

   wa-al-layli idhā yaghshāhā

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

   Word by word

   • وَٱلَّيْلِwa-al-layliAnd the night
   • إِذَاidhāwhen
   • يَغْشَىٰهَاyaghshāhāit covers it
5. 5

   وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

   wal-samāi wamā banāhā

   And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

   Word by word

   • وَٱلسَّمَآءِwal-samāiAnd the heaven
   • وَمَاwamāand (He) Who
   • بَنَىٰهَاbanāhāconstructed it
6. 6

   وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

   wal-arḍi wamā ṭaḥāhā

   And [by] the earth and He who spread it

   Word by word

   • وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiAnd the earth
   • وَمَاwamāand by (He) Who
   • طَحَىٰهَاṭaḥāhāspread it
7. 7

   وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

   wanafsin wamā sawwāhā

   And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

   Word by word

   • وَنَفْسٍۢwanafsinAnd (the) soul
   • وَمَاwamāand (He) Who
   • سَوَّىٰهَاsawwāhāproportioned it
8. 8

   فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا

   fa-alhamahā fujūrahā wataqwāhā

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

   Word by word

   • فَأَلْهَمَهَاfa-alhamahāAnd He inspired it
   • فُجُورَهَاfujūrahā(to distinguish) its wickedness
   • وَتَقْوَىٰهَاwataqwāhāand its righteousness
9. 9

   قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

   qad aflaḥa man zakkāhā

   He has succeeded who purifies it,

   Word by word

   • قَدْqadIndeed
   • أَفْلَحَaflaḥahe succeeds
   • مَنmanwho
   • زَكَّىٰهَاzakkāhāpurifies it
10. 10

    وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

    waqad khāba man dassāhā

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

    Word by word

    • وَقَدْwaqadAnd indeed
    • خَابَkhābahe fails
    • مَنmanwho
    • دَسَّىٰهَاdassāhāburies it
11. 11

    كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ

    kadhabat thamūdu biṭaghwāhā

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

    Word by word

    • كَذَّبَتْkadhabatDenied
    • ثَمُودُthamūduThamud
    • بِطَغْوَىٰهَآbiṭaghwāhāby their transgression
12. 12

    إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا

    idhi inbaʿatha ashqāhā

    When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

    Word by word

    • إِذِidhiWhen
    • ٱنۢبَعَثَinbaʿatha(was) sent forth
    • أَشْقَىٰهَاashqāhā(the) most wicked of them
13. 13

    فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا

    faqāla lahum rasūlu l-lahi nāqata l-lahi wasuq'yāhā

    And the messenger of Allāh [i.e., Ṣāliḥ] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allāh or [prevent her from] her drink."

    Word by word

    • فَقَالَfaqālaBut said
    • لَهُمْlahumto them
    • رَسُولُrasūlu(the) Messenger
    • ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
    • نَاقَةَnāqata(It is the) she-camel
    • ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
    • وَسُقْيَـٰهَاwasuq'yāhāand her drink
14. 14

    فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا

    fakadhabūhu faʿaqarūhā fadamdama ʿalayhim rabbuhum bidhanbihim fasawwāhā

    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].

    Word by word

    • فَكَذَّبُوهُfakadhabūhuBut they denied him
    • فَعَقَرُوهَاfaʿaqarūhāand they hamstrung her
    • فَدَمْدَمَfadamdamaSo destroyed
    • عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimthem
    • رَبُّهُمrabbuhumtheir Lord
    • بِذَنۢبِهِمْbidhanbihimfor their sin
    • فَسَوَّىٰهَاfasawwāhāand leveled them
15. 15

    وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا

    walā yakhāfu ʿuq'bāhā

    And He does not fear the consequence thereof.

    Word by word

    • وَلَاwalāAnd not
    • يَخَافُyakhāfuHe fears
    • عُقْبَـٰهَاʿuq'bāhāits consequences

Arabic text, transliteration and translation as they appear in the Quran for Kids app. English translation: Saheeh International.