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A Quranic Name for Girls

Short meaning of ShamsLight and Radiance
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How to pronounce Shams

SHUffle + Moon + Sweet

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Arabic Spelling (How to write Shams in Arabic)شمس
Quranic Nature
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Directly Mentioned
Alternate spellings of ShamsShems Chems Shoms Shemce Shamce Chems Chams Shems
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Quranic Root
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Sh-M-S
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Meaning of Shams

Shams is the Arabic word for the sun. It is mentioned about 35 times in the Quran.

…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. {2:258}

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