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