Surah 091

Ash-Shams

الشمس

15 verses · Meccan

Key structural observations
  • The surah is structured around a single interior law: truth is not destroyed by denial, but buried beneath layers; only two gestures remain — tazkiya (uncovering) or dass (covering over).
  • Its opening oaths install this law cosmically before applying it inwardly: day/night, unveiling/veiling outside become the model for clarity/denial inside.
  • The movement from the soul's calibration to Thamūd's killing of the she-camel shows that inner burial, if maintained, eventually turns outward into aggression against the sign itself.
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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

1

وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا

2

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا

3

وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا

4

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا

5

وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا

6

وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا

7

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا

8

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا

9

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا

10

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسَّاهَا

11

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا

12

إِذِ انْبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا

13

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا

14

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِذَنْبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا

15

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا