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Steps to Memorize The Holy Quran Ayah by Ayah:
Step 1: Play Each Ayah Step 2: Repeat After or With It Step 3: Memorize Each Ayah Step 4: Then Proceed with Next Ayah & Repeat Step 1 to 3 For All Ayahs.
Play Each Ayah & Repeat (as many times as needed) After or With it in a similar tone (qiraat) and pronunciation (tajweed) until you have Memorized the Ayah, after you have memorized the Ayah, play and repeat the Next Ayah, do this until you have In Sha Allah memorized all the Ayahs (i.e., verses) in the entire Surah. Make sure to also Read, Understand and Learn the Translation of the Surah inorder to get a better understanding of the Surah you are Memorizing or Reading.
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Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
Ayah/Verse 1: wal-shamsi waḍuḥāhā
Meaning: By the sun and its morning brightness
[Wash shamsi wa duhaa haa]
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
Ayah/Verse 2: wal-qamari idhā talāhā
Meaning: and ˹by˺ the moon when it (i.e., moon) follows it (i.e., the sun)
[Wal qamari izaa talaa haa]
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
Ayah/Verse 3: wal-nahāri idhā jallāhā
Meaning: and ˹by˺ the day when it (i.e., day) displays it (i.e., sun’s brightness)
[Wannahaari izaa jallaa haa]
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
Ayah/Verse 4: wa-al-layli idhā yaghshāhā
Meaning: and ˹by˺ the night when it (i.e., night) covers it (i.e., day)
[Wallaili izaa yaghshaa haa]
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
Ayah/Verse 5: wal-samāi wamā banāhā
Meaning: and ˹by˺ the sky and He ˹Allah˺ Who built it (i.e., sky)
[Wassamaaa’i wa maa banaahaa]
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
Ayah/Verse 5: wal-samāi wamā banāhā
Meaning: and ˹by˺ the sky and He ˹Allah˺ Who built it (i.e., sky)
[Wassamaaa’i wa maa banaahaa]
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
Ayah/Verse 6: wal-arḍi wamā ṭaḥāhā
Meaning: and ˹by˺ the earth and He ˹Allah˺ Who spread it (i.e., earth)
[Wal ardi wa maa tahaahaa]
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
Ayah/Verse 7: wanafsin wamā sawwāhā
Meaning: and ˹by˺ the soul and He ˹Allah˺ Who proportioned it (i.e., soul)
[Wa nafsinw wa maa sawwaahaa]
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
Ayah/Verse 8: fa-alhamahā fujūrahā wataqwāhā
Meaning: then He ˹Allah˺ inspired it (i.e., soul with conscience to distinguish between) its wickedness and its righteousness
[Fa-alhamahaa fujoorahaa wa taqwaahaa]
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
Ayah/Verse 9: qad aflaḥa man zakkāhā
Meaning: Indeed, he succeeds who purifies it (i.e., soul)
[Qad aflaha man zakkaahaa]
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
Ayah/Verse 10: waqad khāba man dassāhā
Meaning: and indeed he fails who corrupts it (i.e., soul)
[Wa qad khaaba man dassaahaa]
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
Ayah/Verse 11: kadhabat thamūdu biṭaghwāhā
Meaning: ˹The people of˺ thamūd denied (i.e., rejected the truth of their Prophet Ṣâliḥ) by their transgression (i.e., exceeding all limits)
[Kazzabat Samoodu bi taghwaahaaa]
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
Ayah/Verse 12: idhi inbaʿatha ashqāhā
Meaning: when the most wicked (i.e., unfortunate) of them (i.e., from the people of thamud) rose up (i.e., to kill the she-camel)
[Izim ba’asa ashqaahaa]
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا
Ayah/Verse 13: faqāla lahum rasūlu l-lahi nāqata l-lahi wasuq’yāhā
Meaning: But (Prophet Ṣâliḥ) the messenger of Allah had said to them (i.e., the people of thamud), “˹Be careful˺ this is the she-camel of Allah and her ˹turn to˺ drink“
[Faqaala lahum Rasoolul laahi naaqatal laahi wa suqiyaahaa]
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
Ayah/Verse 14: fakadhabūhu faʿaqarūhā fadamdama ʿalayhim rabbuhum bidhanbihim fasawwāhā
Meaning: But they called him (i.e., Prophet Ṣâliḥ) a liar and they hamstrung (i.e., slaughtered) her (i.e., she camel). So their Lord ˹Allah˺ crushed them (i.e., people of thamūd) for their crime and levelled them ˹to the ground˺
[Fakazzaboohu fa’aqaroohaa fadamdama ‘alaihim Rabbuhum bizambihim fasaw waahaa]
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا
Ayah/Verse 15: walā yakhāfu ʿuq’bāhā
Meaning: and He ˹Allah˺ does not fear of its consequences
[Wa laa yakhaafu’uqbaahaa]
The Surah has been so designated after the word ash-shams with which it opens.
91. Surah Ash-Shams – The Sun
Ibn Kathir:- Read Tafseer on Surah Ash-Shams
Yusuf Ali:- Read Tafseer on Surah Ash-Shams
Maududi:- Read Tafseer on Surah Ash-Shams
Period of Revelation
The subject matter and the style show that this Surah too was revealed in the earliest period at Makkah at a stage when opposition to the Holy Prophet (upon whom be Allah’s peace) had grown very strong and intense
Theme and Subject Matter
Its theme is to distinguish the good from the evil and to warn the people, who were refusing to understand this distinction and insisting on following the evil way, of the evil end.
In view of the subject matter this Surah consists of two parts. The first part consists of vv. 1-10, and the second of vv. 11-15. The first part deals with three things:
That just as the sun and the moon, the day and the night, the earth and the sky, are different from each other and contradictory in their effects and results, so are the good and the evil different front each other and contradictory in their effects and results; they are neither alike in their outward appearance nor can they be alike in their results.
That Allah after giving the human self powers of the body, sense and mind has not left it uninformed in the world, but has instilled into his unconscious by means of a natural inspiration the distinction between good and evil, right and wrong, and the sense of the good to be good and of the evil to be evil.
That the future of man depends on how by using the powers of discrimination, will and judgment that Allah has endowed him with, he develops the good and suppresses the evil tendencies of the self. If he develops the good inclination and frees his self of the evil inclinations, he will attain to eternal success, and if, on the contrary, he suppresses the good and promotes the evil, he will meet with disappointment and failure.
In the second part citing the historical precedent of the people of Thamud the significance of Prophethood has been brought out. A Messenger is raised in the world, because the inspirational knowledge of good and evil that Allah has placed in human nature, is by itself not enough for the guidance of man, but on account of his failure to understand it fully man has been proposing wrong criteria and theories of good and evil and thus going astray. That is why Allah sent down clear and definite Revelation to the Prophets (peace be upon them) to augment man’s natural inspiration so that they may expound to the people as to what is good and what is evil. Likewise, the Prophet Salih (peace be upon him) was sent to the people of Thamud, but the people overwhelmed by the evil of their self, had become so rebellious that they rejected him. And when he presented before them the miracle of the she camel, as demanded by themselves, the most wretched one of them, in spite of his warning, hamstrung it, in accordance with the will and desire of the people. Consequently, the entire tribe was overtaken by a disaster.
While narrating this story of the Thamud nowhere in the Surah has it been said “O people of Quraish, if you rejected your Prophet, Muhammad (upon whom be Allah’s peace and blessings), as the Thamud had rejected theirs, you too would meet with the same fate as they met.” The conditions at that time in Makkah were similar to those that had been created by the wicked among the people of Thamud against the Prophet Salih (peace be upon him). Therefore, the narration of this story in those conditions was by itself enough to suggest to the people of Makkah how precisely this historical precedent applied to them
THE HOLY QURAN FACTS
• The Quran is the Holy Books of Muslims.
• The Quran has 114 Chapters also called “Surah” or “Surahs” in the Arabic Language.
• Each Chapter, meaning each Surah has Verses also called as “Ayah” or “Ayahs” in the Arabic Language.
• Each Chapter consists of Verses. In other words, each Surah consists of Ayahs.
• Surah Baqarah is the longest chapter/surah with 286 verses in The Holy Quran.
• Surah Kauther is the shortest chapter/surah with 3 verses in The Holy Quran.
• The longest verse of the Quran appears in Surah Al-Baqarah verse number 282, also commonly known as Ayatul Kursi.
• Surah Yaseen is called the heart of The Holy Quran.
• The Holy Quran has been translated in more than 100 languages in the world.
• The best month among all months is mentioned as Ramadan in The Holy Quran.
• The best night mentioned in the Quran is Laylatul Qadr and has been described as a night better than 1000 months.
• The name Muhammad is mentioned 4 times in The Holy Quran.
• Friday & Saturday are the only days of the week that are mentioned in the Quran.
• The first Chapter/Surah in Quran, Surah Al-Fatiha is known as the Mother of Quran or Ummul Quran.
• The meaning of Quran is “reading” and “reciting”.
• Each Chapter/Surah of The Holy Quran follows a theme and gives a specific message about the fundamentals of faith and practicing of belief.
• Total Chapters/Surahs in the Quran: 114.
• Total Verses/Ayahs in the Quran: 6236.
HOLY QURAN: REVELATION PERIOD
The Holy Quran was revealed to Prophet Muhammed (May Peace and Blessings be Upon Him) over the span of 23 years. The revelation of the Quran Started in the Holy Month of Ramadan. The period of revelation of The Holy Quran can be categorized into 2 main parts, that’s is the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)’s life in Makkah that is 13 years and after His (PBUH) migration to Madinah that is 10 years. Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) received the first revelation in Cave of Hira.
HOLY QURAN: CONTENT
The Quran is the Word of Allah (subhana wa ta’ala), and was revealed to mankind.
HOLY QURAN: HOW MAY PROPHETS ARE MENTIONED IN THE HOLY QURAN?
1. Adam,
2. Idris (Enoch),
3. Nuh (Noah),
4. Hud (Heber),
5. Saleh (Methusaleh),
6. Lut (Lot),
7. Ibrahim (Abraham),
8. Ismail (Ishmael),
9. Ishaq (Isaac),
10. Yaqub (Jacob),
11. Yusuf (Joseph),
12. Shu’aib (Jethro),
13. Ayyub (Job),
14. Dhulkifl (Ezekiel),
15. Musa (Moses),
16. Harun (Aaron),
17. Dawud (David),
18. Sulayman (Solomon),
19. Ilyas (Elias),
20. Alyasa (Elisha),
21. Yunus (Jonah),
22. Zakariya (Zachariah),
23. Yahya (John the Baptist),
24. Isa (Jesus) and
25. Muhammad (Peace be upon them all).
HOLY QURAN: PRESERVATION
To ease the recitation and memorization of The Quran, it has been divided in to 30 equal parts/portions called the “Juz” or “Siparah”. The Chapters/Surahs of The Holy Quran were arranged in the present order by the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) himself though there was no compiled copy of Quran during Prophet’s life and Sahaba (companions of the prophets) memorized the verses of Quran by heart or scribed the verses on stones, animal skin or palm tree.
WHAT IS THE MEANING BETWEEN TRANSLATION OF THE QURAN AND THE QURAN IN ARABIC LANGUAGE?
The translations of Quran were written to explain the meaning of the Quran in Non-Arabic languages so that the reader can understand the meaning of the Quran in their respective languages.
However, translations are written by various individuals, authors, or translators. One must understand that Quran translations are written by different people and different people have different selection of words to explain the terminologies from Arabic to their respective language. Therefore, translations are a mere effort to explain the meaning of the Holy Quran. On final notes, a translation must only be read for understanding purposes as the true word of Allah is The Holy Quran in Arabic Language Only.
WHAT IS A TAFSEER OF THE HOLY QURAN?
The word ‘tafsir’ stems from the root word ‘fassara’, which means to explain. Therefore, Tafsir of Quran means the explanation or interpretations of the verses of Quran. The Tafsir of Quran is done by people after obtaining in-depth extensive knowledge about Islam and reading the history of Islam in detail. The objective of a Tafsir is to find out the true meanings of the verses of Quran, so that the reader can benefit from it and know the right and true message of The Holy Quran.
WHY TAFSIR:
It tries to explain Quran so that the understanding of the reader about Quran and its message increases. Where the Translation only provides a word to word meaning of the Holy Quran, TAFSIR on the other end explains a more detailed meaning of the verses and words in the Quran with context and references, it also explains of the revelation period thereby increasing the understanding of the Quran in a greater detail.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRANSLATION VS TAFSIR
TRANSLATION: is a word-to-word explanation of the Quran from Arabic Language (i.e., the original languages it was revealed) to other non-Arabic languages to simplify the understanding of the Holy Quran for the reader.
TAFSIR: is a detailed explanation of the verses of the Quran with context, explanation, reference to get a deeper understanding of the Holy Quran.
On a final note, the beginner should start reading the translation first and then if there is a particular chapter/surah or verse/ayah or word that you do not understand in the translation, then you must refer to the TAFSIR for further explanation. For easing this process, we have a TAFSIR tab labeled as “Detail TAFSIRs” and there are 3 TAFSIRs provided from 3 different authors, you may consult each TAFSIR to understand the meaning in depth.
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