Chapter 91, 15 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والشمس وضحاها
I swear by the sun and its brilliance,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the sun and his brightness,
والقمر إذا تلاها
And the moon when it follows the sun,
And the moon when she followeth him,
والنهار إذا جلاها
And the day when it shows it,
And the day when it revealeth him,
والليل إذا يغشاها
And the night when it draws a veil over it,
And the night when it enshroudeth him,
والسماء وما بناها
And the heaven and Him Who made it,
And the heaven and Him Who built it,
والأرض وما طحاها
And the earth and Him Who extended it,
And the earth and Him Who spread it,
ونفس وما سواها
And the soul and Him Who made it perfect,
And a soul and Him Who perfected it
فألهمها فجورها وتقواها
Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong for it;
And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it.
قد أفلح من زكاها
He will indeed be who purifies it,
He is indeed who causeth it to grow,
وقد خاب من دساها
And he will indeed fail who corrupts it.
And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.
كذبت ثمود بطغواها
Samood gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy,
(The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride,
إذ انبعث أشقاها
When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with
When the basest of them broke forth
فقال لهم رسول الله ناقة الله وسقياها
So Allah's apostle said to them (Leave alone) Allah's she - camel, and (give) her (to) drink.
And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she - camel of Allah, so let her drink!
فكذبوه فعقروها فدمدم عليهم ربهم بذنبهم فسواها
But they called him a liar and slaughtered her, therefore their Lord crushed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground).
But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings).
ولا يخاف عقباها
And He fears not its consequence.
He dreadeth not the sequel (of events).