Al-Shams Explained

Al-Shams is the Arabic word for "the sun" (Arabic: الشمس) and may refer to:

• Ash-Shams, the 91st Sura of the Quran
• Shamash, the Semitic Sun god
• Ain Shams University, a university located in Cairo, Egypt
• Majdal Shams, a Druze town in the Golan Heights (Migdal Shemesh in Hebrew)
• Al-Shams (newspaper), a Libyan newspaper in Arabic
• Al-Shams (East Pakistan), a paramilitary wing of several parties in East Pakistan abolished in 1971
• Shams Abu Dhabi, a real estate development on Al Reem Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

See also

• Shams (disambiguation)