What does Quran 91:5 mean?

Quran 91:5 (Surah Ash-Shams, Ayah 5) translates to: "And [by] the sky and He who constructed it"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 91:5 from?

This ayah is from Surah Ash-Shams (The Sun), the 91th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 30.

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Kathir, Al-Jalalayn, Ibn Abbas — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Creation, Nature References, Tawhid, Spiritual Purification, Prayer.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

Wassamaaa'i wa maa banaahaa

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

Scores run 0–100: how strongly this ayah speaks to a theme. 70+ is central, 50+ is clear, under 50 is weak.

2 other themes with weak connections

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Signs in creation

91:5Ayah 115

6 ayahs in Ash-Shams are strongly about signs in creation. This is one of them.

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By the heaven and the One Who built it

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