Meccan · 15 verses الشمس

Ash-Shams 91

The Sun · ✓

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How to read the Hangul

الرَّحْمَٰنِ르^r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀

• 비Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
• 마Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
• 스Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
• ^r라Small 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

beginning비기닝 the^ð더 Christ크^r라이스트 salvation샐^v베이션

• 기Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
• 닝Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
• 트Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
• 더Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
• ^f팬Small 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.

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.

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

1. 1

   وَالشَّمْسِ왓샴시 وَضُحَاهَا와두하하

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2. 2

   وَالْقَمَرِ왈까마^r리 إِذَا이^ð다 تَلَاهَا탈라하

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3. 3

   وَالنَّهَارِ완나하^r리 إِذَا이^ð다 جَلَّاهَا잘라하

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4. 4

   وَاللَّيْلِ왈라일리 إِذَا이^ð다 يَغْشَاهَا야그샤하

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5. 5

   وَالسَّمَاءِ왓사마이 وَمَا와마 بَنَاهَا바나하

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6. 6

   وَالْأَرْضِ왈아^r르디 وَمَا와마 طَحَاهَا따하하

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7. 7

   وَنَفْسٍ와나^f프신 وَمَا와마 سَوَّاهَا사우와하

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8. 8

   فَأَلْهَمَهَا^f파알하마하 فُجُورَهَا^f푸주^r라하 وَتَقْوَاهَا와타끄와하

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9. 9

   قَدْ까드 أَفْلَحَ아^f플라하 مَنْ만 زَكَّاهَا작카하

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10. 10

    وَقَدْ와까드 خَابَ카바 مَنْ만 دَسَّاهَا닷사하

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11. 11

    كَذَّبَتْ캇^ð다바트 ثَمُودُ^θ사무두 بِطَغْوَاهَا비따그와하

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12. 12

    إِذِ이^ð딤 انْبَعَثَ바아^θ사 أَشْقَاهَا아시까하

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13. 13

    فَقَالَ^f파깔라 لَهُمْ라훔 رَسُولُ^r라술룰 اللَّهِ라히 نَاقَةَ나까탈 اللَّهِ라히 وَسُقْيَاهَا와수끄야하

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14. 14

    فَكَذَّبُوهُ^f파캇^ð다부후 فَعَقَرُوهَا^f파아까^r루하 فَدَمْدَمَ^f파담다마 عَلَيْهِمْ알라이힘 رَبُّهُمْ^r랍부훔 بِذَنْبِهِمْ비^ð담비힘 فَسَوَّاهَا^f파사우와하

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15. 15

    وَلَا왈라 يَخَافُ야카^f푸 عُقْبَاهَا욱바하

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