Chapter 91, 15 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والشمس وضحاها
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا
By the sun and its brightness
والقمر إذا تلاها
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا
And [by] the moon when it follows it
والنهار إذا جلاها
وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا
And [by] the day when it displays it
والليل إذا يغشاها
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا
And [by] the night when it covers it
والسماء وما بناها
وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
والأرض وما طحاها
وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
ونفس وما سواها
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
فألهمها فجورها وتقواها
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
قد أفلح من زكاها
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا
He has succeeded who purifies it,
وقد خاب من دساها
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
كذبت ثمود بطغواها
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
إذ انبعث أشقاها
إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
فقال لهم رسول الله ناقة الله وسقياها
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا
And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she - camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."
فكذبوه فعقروها فدمدم عليهم ربهم بذنبهم فسواها
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا
But they denied him and hamstrung her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].
ولا يخاف عقباها
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.