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Surah Ash-Shams Englsh Translation, Transliteration Tafsir [11-20]

About the surah ash-shams

Ash-Shams (Arabic: الشمس, "The Sun") is the 91st surah of the Qur'an, containing 15 ayat or verses.

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The summary/theme of the surah ash-shams

The surah begins with solemn oaths sworn on various astronomical phenomena, the first of which, "by the sun", gives the surah its name, then on the human soul itself.

Lessons learned from this surah ash-shams

1. The one who has purified his/her soul has succeeded.  

2. The one who has polluted his/her soul is truly a loser.  

3. The people of Thamūd defied the command of the Prophet openly, and were punished severely.  

4. Allāh does not fear the consequence of His actions, because He has no need to.

 

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بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

 

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ
Transliteration:( Kazzabat Samoodu bi taghwaahaaa )

11.The Thamud denied (truth) for their rebellion (11).
Topic Discussed: People of Thamud Shamud   | Thamud   |

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا
Transliteration:( Izim ba'asa ashqaahaa )

12. When the most wretched (12) of them rose.

فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا
Transliteration:( Faqaala lahum Rasoolul laahi naaqatal laahi wa suqiyaahaa )

13.The Messenger of Allah said: "Leave alone the she-camel of Allah, and keep her drinking day (13).

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
Transliteration:( Fakazzaboohu fa'aqaroohaa fadamdama 'alaihim Rabbuhum bizambihim fasaw waahaa )

14.But they denied it, and hamstrung (14) her. So their Lord destroyed them for their sin, which completely swept the town (15).

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا
Transliteration:( Wa laa yakhaafu'uqbaahaa )

15.And He feared not for the consequence thereof (16).

Surah Ash-Shams English Translation and Transliteration

In Surah Ash-Shams you can read the translation of Ahmad Raza Khan who was a renowned scholar of the Islamic world and his translation book is known as Kanzul Imaan. You can read the transliteration of Surah Ash-Shams which will help you to understand how to read the Arabic text. Apart from that, we have included a Word-By-Word English Translation of the Arabic text of Surah Ash-Shams.

Surah Ash-Shams English Tafsir/Tafseer (Commentry)

In Surah Ash-Shams we have included two Tafseer (Commentary) in English. The first one is from Mufti Ahmad Yaar Khan who was a well-known scholar. In this tafsir, we have also included the most popular Tafsir Ibn-Kathir which is the most comprehensive tafsir available in the world. You can read both or any one of your choice.

Frequently Asked Questions

There are 15 verses / Ayat in Surah Ash-Shams

Surah Ash-Shams was revealed in Makkah

Surah Ash-Shams can be found in Juz or Para 30

There are 1/2 Ruku in Surah Ash-Shams

Surah number of Surah Ash-Shams is 91

The meaning of Surah Ash-Shams is The Sun

You can find English Translation, Transliteration and Tafseer/Tafsir of Surah Ash-Shams here at quran4ever.com. Here two tafseer are currently.One is Tafsir Ibn-Kathir and another one is Tafsir-e-Naeemi.

Dear bothers and sisters as a Sunni Muslim we cannot say any Translation and Tafseer was as long it conforms with the 4 school of thoughts. But here at quran4ever.com, we have included Tafsir Ibn-Kathir which is most comprehensive tafsir. Apart from that we have also included tafsir of Mufti Ahmad Yaar khan, Tafsir-e-Naeemi of Surah Ash-Shams.

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