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==Introduction==
==Introduction==
===Naming===
*'''Naming'''
It is called al-Shams (the sun) because of God's swearing to al-Shams (the sun) in the first [[verse]] of this sura:
 
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|{{arabic|'''وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا'''}}
By the sun and her forenoon splendor
|source = Qur'an 91:1
}}


It is called al-Shams (the sun) because of God's swearing to al-Shams (the sun) in the first [[verse]] of this sura:"By the sun and her forenoon splendor"
Its other name is Salih's camel, for some part of this sura which is on the Prophet Salih (a) and his people which killed his She-Camel.<ref>Khurramshāhī, ''Dānishnāma-yi Qurʾān'', vol. 2, p. 1264.</ref>
Its other name is Salih's camel, for some part of this sura which is on the Prophet Salih (a) and his people which killed his She-Camel.<ref>Khurramshāhī, ''Dānishnāma-yi Qurʾān'', vol. 2, p. 1264.</ref>


===Place and Order of Revelation===
*'''Place and Order of Revelation'''


Sura al-Shams is [[Makki sura]] of the Qur'an and it is the twenty sixth sura revealed to the Prophet (s). In the traditional order of the compilation of the Qur'an, Sura al-Shams is the ninety first sura in its thirtieth juz'.<ref>Maʿrifat, ''Āmūzish-i ʿulūm-i Qurʾān'', vol. 1, p. 167.</ref>
Sura al-Shams is [[Makki sura]] of the Qur'an and it is the twenty sixth sura revealed to the Prophet (s). In the traditional order of the compilation of the Qur'an, Sura al-Shams is the ninety first sura in its thirtieth juz'.<ref>Maʿrifat, ''Āmūzish-i ʿulūm-i Qurʾān'', vol. 1, p. 167.</ref>


===Number of Verses and Other Features===
*'''Number of Verses and Other Features'''


Sura al-Shams consists of fifteen verses, fifty four words, and 253 letters. It counts as one of the [[mufassalat suras]] of the Qur'an. And it is one of the suras which begin with swearing.<ref>Khurramshāhī, ''Dānishnāma-yi Qurʾān'', vol. 2, p. 1264.</ref> This sura has the highest number of [[oath]] in Qur'an since the eleven verses of this sura begin with swearing.<ref>Makārim Shīrāzī, ''Tafsīr-i nimūna'', vol. 27, p. 38.</ref>
Sura al-Shams consists of fifteen verses, fifty four words, and 253 letters. It counts as one of the [[mufassalat suras]] of the Qur'an. And it is one of the suras which begin with swearing.<ref>Khurramshāhī, ''Dānishnāma-yi Qurʾān'', vol. 2, p. 1264.</ref> This sura has the highest number of [[oath]] in Qur'an since the eleven verses of this sura begin with swearing.<ref>Makārim Shīrāzī, ''Tafsīr-i nimūna'', vol. 27, p. 38.</ref>
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