Chapter 91, 15 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والشمس وضحاها
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا
والقمر إذا تلاها
By the Moon as she follows him;
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا
والنهار إذا جلاها
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا
والليل إذا يغشاها
By the Night as it conceals it;
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا
والسماء وما بناها
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا
والأرض وما طحاها
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا
ونفس وما سواها
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا
فألهمها فجورها وتقواها
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا
قد أفلح من زكاها
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا
وقد خاب من دساها
And he fails that corrupts it!
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا
كذبت ثمود بطغواها
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا
إذ انبعث أشقاها
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا
فقال لهم رسول الله ناقة الله وسقياها
But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She - camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!"
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا
فكذبوه فعقروها فدمدم عليهم ربهم بذنبهم فسواها
Then they rejected him (as a false prophet), and they hamstrung her. So their Lord, on account of their crime, obliterated their traces and made them equal (in destruction, high and low)!
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا
ولا يخاف عقباها
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا