Ash-Shams
Sign in to saveAsh-Shams (, "The Sun") is the 91st surah of the Qur'an, with 15 ayat or verses. It opens with a series of solemn oaths sworn on various astronomical phenomena, the first of which, "by the sun", gives the sura its name, then on the human soul itself. It then describes the fate of Thamud, a formerly prosperous but now extinct Arab tribe. The prophet Saleh urged them to worship God alone, and commanded them in God's name to preserve a certain she-camel; they disobeyed and continued to reject his message; they killed the she-camel and nine of them plotted to kill Saleh and his followers, so God d
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"Ash-Shams" is the 91st chapter of the Qur'an, consisting of 15 verses that begin with solemn oaths about the sun and other natural phenomena before recounting the story of the ancient Arab tribe of Thamud and their rejection of the prophet Saleh's message. The surah illustrates themes of divine warning and punishment, describing how the Thamudites disobeyed God's commands and ultimately faced divine consequences.
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Key facts
- Surah.number
- 91
- Surah.number 3
- 091
- Surah.name
- Ash-Shams
- Surah.name ar
- الشمس
- Surah.name en
- The Sun
- Surah.prev_sura
- Quran 90
- Surah.next_sura
- Quran 92
- Surah.classification
- Meccan
- Surah.juz
- 30
- Surah.verses
- 15
- Surah.words
- 54
- Surah.letters
- 249
- Surah.audio
- Chapter 91, Ash-Shams (Murattal) - Recitation of the Holy Qur'an.mp3
Article
15 sectionsContents
- Summary
- Name of the surah
- Period of revelation
- Theme and subject matter
- 1-10 Good and evil
- 11-15 Historical precedent of the people of Thamud
- Asbāb al-nuzūl
- Special traits of Sūrat ash-Shams
- Ahadith about Surah ash-Shams
- Notes
- References
- Recent translations
- Traditional Quranic commentaries (tafsir)
- Word-for-word analysis
- External links
Ash-Shams (, "The Sun") is the 91st surah of the Qur'an, with 15 ayat or verses. It opens with a series of solemn oaths sworn on various astronomical phenomena, the first of which, "by the sun", gives the sura its name, then on the human soul itself. It then describes the fate of Thamud, a formerly prosperous but now extinct Arab tribe. The prophet Saleh urged them to worship God alone, and commanded them in God's name to preserve a certain she-camel; they disobeyed and continued to reject his message; they killed the she-camel and nine of them plotted to kill Saleh and his followers, so God destroyed those who had wronged the people of Thamud and saved Saleh and the righteous believers who had followed him.
==Summary== 1-10, Oaths that man's happiness and misery depends on the purity or corruption he hath wrought in it 11-15, Thamúd destroyed for rejecting their prophet