Ash-Shams 91
The SunHow to read the Hangul
الرَّحْمَٰنِ르r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀
- Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
- Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
- Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
- Small Latin letter = a sound Korean lacks, on the next syllable: f upper teeth on lower lip · θ/ð tongue tip between the teeth · r rolled tongue tip (a bare ㄹ is l).
How to read the Hangul
beginning the Christ salvation
- Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
- Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
- Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
- Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
- Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.
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About this surah
Classed as a Meccan sura, it opens with a long series of oaths: by the sun and its morning brightness, the moon that follows it, the day that displays it and the night that covers it, the sky and its Builder, the earth and the One who spread it, and the soul and the One who proportioned it. The point of these oaths follows: God inspired each soul with awareness of its wickedness and of its mindfulness of Him, so whoever purifies the soul succeeds and whoever corrupts it fails. The sura then gives the people of Thamud as an example. A messenger of God warned them to leave alone the she-camel of God and her turn to drink, but they called him a liar and hamstrung the camel. Their Lord destroyed them for their sin and levelled them, without fearing what would follow.
- Oaths by creation
- Purifying the soul
- Wickedness and mindfulness
- Thamud and the she-camel
The name It is named after 'the sun' (ash-Shams), the first oath in verse 1.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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1
وَالشَّمْسِ왓샴시 وَضُحَاهَا와두하하
By the sun and its morning brightness,
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2
وَالْقَمَرِ왈까마r리 إِذَا이ð다 تَلَاهَا탈라하
and the moon when it follows it,
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3
وَالنَّهَارِ완나하r리 إِذَا이ð다 جَلَّاهَا잘라하
and the day when it displays it,
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4
وَاللَّيْلِ왈라일리 إِذَا이ð다 يَغْشَاهَا야그샤하
and the night when it covers it,
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5
وَالسَّمَاءِ왓사마이 وَمَا와마 بَنَاهَا바나하
and the sky and He who built it,
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6
وَالْأَرْضِ왈아r르디 وَمَا와마 طَحَاهَا따하하
and the earth and He who spread it,
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وَنَفْسٍ와나f프신 وَمَا와마 سَوَّاهَا사우와하
and the soul and He who proportioned it,
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8
فَأَلْهَمَهَاf파알하마하 فُجُورَهَاf푸주r라하 وَتَقْوَاهَا와타끄와하
and inspired it [to know] its wickedness and its mindfulness of God!
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9
قَدْ까드 أَفْلَحَ아f플라하 مَنْ만 زَكَّاهَا작카하
He has succeeded who purifies it,
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10
وَقَدْ와까드 خَابَ카바 مَنْ만 دَسَّاهَا닷사하
and he has failed who corrupts it.
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11
كَذَّبَتْ캇ð다바트 ثَمُودُθ사무두 بِطَغْوَاهَا비따그와하
Thamud denied [the truth] in their transgression,
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12
إِذِ이ð딤 انْبَعَثَ바아θ사 أَشْقَاهَا아시까하
when the most wretched of them rose up.
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13
فَقَالَf파깔라 لَهُمْ라훔 رَسُولُr라술룰 اللَّهِ라히 نَاقَةَ나까탈 اللَّهِ라히 وَسُقْيَاهَا와수끄야하
The messenger of God said to them, "[Leave alone] the she-camel of God and her drink."
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14
فَكَذَّبُوهُf파캇ð다부후 فَعَقَرُوهَاf파아까r루하 فَدَمْدَمَf파담다마 عَلَيْهِمْ알라이힘 رَبُّهُمْr랍부훔 بِذَنْبِهِمْ비ð담비힘 فَسَوَّاهَاf파사우와하
But they denied him and hamstrung her. So their Lord brought destruction upon them for their sin and levelled them.
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15
وَلَا왈라 يَخَافُ야카f푸 عُقْبَاهَا욱바하
And He does not fear the consequence of it.