Chapter 91, 15 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والشمس وضحاها
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
والقمر إذا تلاها
By the Moon as she follows him;
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
والنهار إذا جلاها
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
والليل إذا يغشاها
By the Night as it conceals it;
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
والسماء وما بناها
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
والأرض وما طحاها
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
ونفس وما سواها
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
فألهمها فجورها وتقواها
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
قد أفلح من زكاها
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
وقد خاب من دساها
And he fails that corrupts it!
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
كذبت ثمود بطغواها
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
إذ انبعث أشقاها
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
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 ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا
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 بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
ولا يخاف عقباها
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا