How many times is the Sun mentioned in the Qur’an?

What was counted

Most mentions: Al-Kahf (3), Al-An'am (2), Ya-Sin (2), Fussilat (2), Al-Baqarah (1).

Every mention

• 2:258 · Al-Baqarahبِٱلشَّمْسِ the sunHave you not considered the one who argued with Abraham about his Lord [merely] because Allah had given him kingship? When Abraham said, "My Lord is the one who gives life and causes death," he said, "I give life and cause death." Abraham said, "Indeed, Allah brings up the sun from the east, so bring it up from the west." So the disbeliever was overwhelmed [by astonishment], and Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.
• 6:78 · Al-An'amٱلشَّمْسَ the sunAnd when he saw the sun rising, he said, "This is my lord; this is greater." But when it set, he said, "O my people, indeed I am free from what you associate with Allah.
• 6:96 · Al-An'amوَٱلشَّمْسَ and the sun[He is] the cleaver of daybreak and has made the night for rest and the sun and moon for calculation. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.
• 7:54 · Al-A'rafوَٱلشَّمْسَ and the sunIndeed, your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne. He covers the night with the day, [another night] chasing it rapidly; and [He created] the sun, the moon, and the stars, subjected by His command. Unquestionably, His is the creation and the command; blessed is Allah, Lord of the worlds.
• 10:5 · Yunusٱلشَّمْسَ the sunIt is He who made the sun a shining light and the moon a derived light and determined for it phases - that you may know the number of years and account [of time]. Allah has not created this except in truth. He details the signs for a people who know
• 12:4 · Yusufوَٱلشَّمْسَ and the sun[Of these stories mention] when Joseph said to his father, "O my father, indeed I have seen [in a dream] eleven stars and the sun and the moon; I saw them prostrating to me."
• 13:2 · Ar-Ra'dٱلشَّمْسَ the sunIt is Allah who erected the heavens without pillars that you [can] see; then He established Himself above the Throne and made subject the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term. He arranges [each] matter; He details the signs that you may, of the meeting with your Lord, be certain.
• 14:33 · Ibrahimٱلشَّمْسَ the sunAnd He subjected for you the sun and the moon, continuous [in orbit], and subjected for you the night and the day.
• 16:12 · An-Nahlوَٱلشَّمْسَ and the sunAnd He has subjected for you the night and day and the sun and moon, and the stars are subjected by His command. Indeed in that are signs for a people who reason.
• 17:78 · Al-Israٱلشَّمْسِ (of) the sunEstablish prayer at the decline of the sun [from its meridian] until the darkness of the night and [also] the Qur'an of dawn. Indeed, the recitation of dawn is ever witnessed.
• 18:17 · Al-Kahfٱلشَّمْسَ the sunAnd [had you been present], you would see the sun when it rose, inclining away from their cave on the right, and when it set, passing away from them on the left, while they were [laying] within an open space thereof. That was from the signs of Allah. He whom Allah guides is the [rightly] guided, but he whom He leaves astray - never will you find for him a protecting guide.
• 18:86 · Al-Kahfٱلشَّمْسِ (of) the sunUntil, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it [as if] setting in a spring of dark mud, and he found near it a people. Allah said, "O Dhul-Qarnayn, either you punish [them] or else adopt among them [a way of] goodness."
• 18:90 · Al-Kahfٱلشَّمْسِ (of) the sunUntil, when he came to the rising of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We had not made against it any shield.
• 20:130 · Ta-Haٱلشَّمْسِ (of) the sunSo be patient over what they say and exalt [Allah] with praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before its setting; and during periods of the night [exalt Him] and at the ends of the day, that you may be satisfied.
• 21:33 · Al-Anbyaوَٱلشَّمْسَ and the sunAnd it is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all [heavenly bodies] in an orbit are swimming.
• 22:18 · Al-Hajjوَٱلشَّمْسُ and the sunDo you not see that to Allah prostrates whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth and the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the trees, the moving creatures and many of the people? But upon many the punishment has been justified. And he whom Allah humiliates - for him there is no bestower of honor. Indeed, Allah does what He wills.
• 25:45 · Al-Furqanٱلشَّمْسَ the sunHave you not considered your Lord - how He extends the shadow, and if He willed, He could have made it stationary? Then We made the sun for it an indication.
• 27:24 · An-Namlلِلشَّمْسِ to the sunI found her and her people prostrating to the sun instead of Allah, and Satan has made their deeds pleasing to them and averted them from [His] way, so they are not guided,
• 29:61 · Al-'Ankabutٱلشَّمْسَ the sunIf you asked them, "Who created the heavens and earth and subjected the sun and the moon?" they would surely say, "Allah." Then how are they deluded?
• 31:29 · Luqmanٱلشَّمْسَ the sunDo you not see that Allah causes the night to enter the day and causes the day to enter the night and has subjected the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term, and that Allah, with whatever you do, is Acquainted?
• 35:13 · Fatirٱلشَّمْسَ the sunHe causes the night to enter the day, and He causes the day to enter the night and has subjected the sun and the moon - each running [its course] for a specified term. That is Allah, your Lord; to Him belongs sovereignty. And those whom you invoke other than Him do not possess [as much as] the membrane of a date seed.
• 36:38 · Ya-Sinوَٱلشَّمْسُ And the sunAnd the sun runs [on course] toward its stopping point. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.
• 36:40 · Ya-Sinٱلشَّمْسُ the sunIt is not allowable for the sun to reach the moon, nor does the night overtake the day, but each, in an orbit, is swimming.
• 39:5 · Az-Zumarٱلشَّمْسَ the sunHe created the heavens and earth in truth. He wraps the night over the day and wraps the day over the night and has subjected the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term. Unquestionably, He is the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver.
• 41:37 · Fussilatوَٱلشَّمْسُ and the sunAnd of His signs are the night and day and the sun and moon. Do not prostrate to the sun or to the moon, but prostate to Allah, who created them, if it should be Him that you worship.
• 41:37 · Fussilatلِلشَّمْسِ to the sunAnd of His signs are the night and day and the sun and moon. Do not prostrate to the sun or to the moon, but prostate to Allah, who created them, if it should be Him that you worship.
• 50:39 · Qafٱلشَّمْسِ (of) the sunSo be patient, [O Muhammad], over what they say and exalt [Allah] with praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before its setting,
• 55:5 · Ar-Rahmanٱلشَّمْسُ The sunThe sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation,
• 71:16 · Nuhٱلشَّمْسَ the sunAnd made the moon therein a [reflected] light and made the sun a burning lamp?
• 75:9 · Al-Qiyamahٱلشَّمْسُ the sunAnd the sun and the moon are joined,
• 76:13 · Al-Insanشَمْسًۭا sun[They will be] reclining therein on adorned couches. They will not see therein any [burning] sun or [freezing] cold.
• 81:1 · At-Takwirٱلشَّمْسُ the sunWhen the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
• 91:1 · Ash-Shamsوَٱلشَّمْسِ By the sunBy the sun and its brightness

How we count

Each Qur’an word built on the words above counts once, in any form (singular, dual or plural, with or without prefixes such as wa- or al-). Counts published elsewhere often differ because they count different forms or phrases. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.

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