Sun and light word count in the Qur'an

This article lists all occurrences of the words sun (ٱلشَّمْس, ash-shams) and light (ٱلنُّور, al-noor) in the Qur'an to analyze the claim that they both appear 33 times.

Sun

The "translation" column also includes the context of the word, so that we know what the Qur'an actually says about the sun. Whether scientific facts or unscientific nonsense.

Count	Verse	Word in Arabic	Translation
1	2:258	بِٱلشَّمْسِ	[Allah moves] with the sun
2	6:78	ٱلشَّمْسَ	[Abraham saw] the sun
3	6:96	وَٱلشَّمْسَ	and the sun [made for reckoning]
4	7:54	وَٱلشَّمْسَ	and the sun [and stars made Allah]
5	10:5	ٱلشَّمْسَ	the sun [is light and moon is also light]
6	12:4	وَٱلشَّمْسَ	[stars] and the sun
7	13:2	ٱلشَّمْسَ	[Allah made heaven without visible pillars and subjected] the sun
8	14:33	ٱلشَّمْسَ	[Allah made orbiting around earth] the sun
9	16:12	وَٱلشَّمْسَ	and the sun [made subservient]
10	17:78	ٱلشَّمْسِ	[pray during declining of] the sun
11	18:17	ٱلشَّمْسَ	the sun [moves around a cave]
12	18:86	ٱلشَّمْسِ	[setting place of] the sun [on earth]
13	18:90	ٱلشَّمْسِ	[rising place of] the sun [on earth]
14	20:130	ٱلشَّمْسِ	[glorify Allah when] the sun [rises and sets]
15	21:33	وَٱلشَّمْسَ	[moon] and the sun [move in the sky]
16	22:18	وَٱلشَّمْسُ	and the sun [bows down to Allah]
17	25:45	ٱلشَّمْسَ	[Allah made] the sun [move with shadows]
18	27:24	لِلشَّمْسِ	[people were bowing down] to the sun [instead of Allah, because of Satan]
19	29:61	ٱلشَّمْسَ	[Allah created and made subservient] the sun
20	31:29	ٱلشَّمْسَ	[Allah changes night and day and makes] the sun [move during day]
21	35:13	ٱلشَّمْسَ	[Allah changes night and day and makes] the sun [move during day]
22	36:38	وَٱلشَّمْسُ	and the sun [moves towards its setting place]
23	36:40	ٱلشَّمْسُ	the sun [and the moon are running in the sky and Allah forbid the sun to catch the moon]
24	39:5	ٱلشَّمْسَ	the sun [was subservient and moving for an appointed time]
25	41:37	وَٱلشَّمْسُ	and the sun [is a sign of Allah]
26	41:37	لِلشَّمْسِ	[do not bow down] to the sun
27	50:39	ٱلشَّمْسِ	[praise Allah when] the sun [sets and rises]
28	55:5	ٱلشَّمْسُ	the sun [and moon follow a reckoning]
29	71:16	ٱلشَّمْسَ	the sun [is light and the moon is light]
30	75:9	ٱلشَّمْسُ	the sun [will be joined with the moon in the sky]
31	76:13	شَمْسًا	[disbelievers won't see] the heat of sun [as a punishment]
32	81:1	ٱلشَّمْسُ	[when] the sun [will be wrapped]
33	91:1	وَٱلشَّمْسِ	by the sun [and the moon which follows it]

Light

Light is an interesting scientific subject, so in the translation column, there is also the context of the word. So that we can analyze whether the Qur'an tells us some interesting scientific facts, or whether it rather speaks poetically over and over again how Allah is "light", or leads to the "light".

Count	Verse	Word in Arabic	Translation
1	2:17	بِنُورِهِمْ	[Allah took] (with) their light
2	2:257	ٱلنُّورِ	[Allah leads to] the light
3	2:257	ٱلنُّورِ	[Taghut leads from] the light
4	4:174	نُورًا	[Allah sent] a light
5	5:15	نُورٌ	a light [from Allah]
6	5:16	ٱلنُّورِ	[Allah leads to] the light
7	5:44	وَنُورٌ	[in the Torah is a law] and a light
8	5:46	وَنُورٌ	[the Gospels are a law] and a light
9	6:1	وَٱلنُّورَ	[Allah created both darkness] and light
10	6:91	نُورًا	a light [in the book of Moses]
11	6:122	نُورًا	[muslims were given] a light [from Allah, so they are superior to other people]
12	7:157	ٱلنُّورَ	[believers follow] the light
13	9:32	نُورَ	[evil disbelivers want to put out] a light [of Allah]
14	9:32	نُورَهُۥ	[Allah makes] his light [perfect]
15	10:5	نُورًا	[Moon's] light *
16	13:16	وَٱلنُّورُ	[disbelievers and believers are like darkness] and (the) light
17	14:1	ٱلنُّورِ	[this book leads to] the light
18	14:5	ٱلنُّورِ	[Moses was commanded to bring people to] the light
19	24:35	نُورُ	[Allah is] a light [of the heavens and the earth]
20	24:35	نُورِهِۦ	his light [is like a niche in which is a lamp]
21	24:35	نُّورٌ	a light [of Allah..]
22	24:35	نُورٍ	[..is a light upon] light
23	24:35	لِنُورِهِۦ	[Allah leads] to his light [whom he wants]
24	24:40	نُورًا	[if god doesn't make] light [to someone..]
25	24:40	نُّورٍ	[..then he doesn't have] a light
26	33:43	ٱلنُّورِ	[Allah leads to] the light
27	35:20	ٱلنُّورُ	[the darkness and] light [are not equal just like disbelievers and believers]
28	39:22	نُورٍ	[Muslims follow] a light [from Allah]
29	39:69	بِنُورِ	[the earth shall beam] with the light [of its lord]
30	42:52	نُورًا	[faith is] a light
31	57:9	ٱلنُّورِ	[Allah leads from darkness to] the light [via Muhammad]
32	57:12	نُورُهُم	their light [of believers, wil be running before them and on their right hand]
33	57:13	نُّورِكُمْ	[the hypocrites will ask: give us some of] your light [oh you true believers..]
34	57:13	نُورًا	[..response to hypocrites: go back and ask there for] a light
35	57:19	وَنُورُهُمْ	[those who believe will get a their reward] and their light
36	57:28	نُورًا	[Allah gives] a light
37	61:8	نُورَ	[evil disbelievers want to put out] a light [of Allah]
38	61:8	نُورِهِۦ	[Allah perfects] his light
39	64:8	وَٱلنُّورِ	[believe in Allah, his messenger] and light
40	65:11	ٱلنُّورِ	[Allah via Muhammad leads to] the light
41	66:8	نُورُهُمْ	their light [will run before them and on their right]
42	66:8	نُورَنَا	[oh Allah make perfect] our light
43	71:16	نُورًا	[Allah made the Moon to be] a light [in heaven]

(*) In the verse 10:5, the word noor is sometimes translated as "a reflected light" to hide the ignorance of the author of the Qur'an about the fact that the Moon does not have its own light, but a reflected light. But the word "reflected" is not present in the Arabic original.

Muneer

Count	Verse	Word in Arabic	Translation
1	3:184	ٱلْمُنِيرِ	the enlightening [Scripture]
2	22:8	مُّنِيرٍ	enlightening [Scripture]
3	25:61	مُّنِيرًا	[Moon is] enlightening
4	31:20	مُّنِيرٍ	enlightening [book]
5	33:46	مُّنِيرًا	[Muhammad is] enlightening [torch]
6	35:25	ٱلْمُنِيرِ	enlightening [Book]

Sun and light word count in the Qur'an

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