Ash-Shams (Arabic: الشمس, "The Sun") is the 91st surah of the Qur'an, containing 15 ayat or verses.
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.
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. Allah's does not fear the consequence of His actions, because He has no need to.
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.
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.
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 quranever.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 quranever.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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