Surah Ash-Shams
Quran 91:1
Read Quran 91:1 from Surah Ash-Shams (The Sun) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
Quran verse
Qur'an 91:1
وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا١
By the sun and his brightness,
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 91. Ash-Shams (The Sun)
- Ayah
- 1 of 15
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 91:1
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 91:1
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
أقسم تعالى بهذه الآيات العظيمة، على النفس المفلحة، وغيرها من النفوس الفاجرة، فقال:{ وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا } أي: نورها، ونفعها الصادر منها.