Chapter 91, 15 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the sun and his brightness,
Waalshshamsi waduhaha
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
And the moon when she followeth him,
Waalqamari itha talaha
By the Moon as she follows him;
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
And the day when it revealeth him,
Waalnnahari itha jallaha
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
And the night when it enshroudeth him,
Waallayli itha yaghshaha
By the Night as it conceals it;
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
And the heaven and Him Who built it,
Waalssamai wama banaha
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
And the earth and Him Who spread it,
Waalardi wama tahaha
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
And a soul and Him Who perfected it
Wanafsin wama sawwaha
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it.
Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
He is indeed who causeth it to grow,
Qad aflaha man zakkaha
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.
Waqad khaba man dassaha
And he fails that corrupts it!
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
(The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride,
Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
When the basest of them broke forth
Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she - camel of Allah, so let her drink!
Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha
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
But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings).
Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha
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
He dreadeth not the sequel (of events).
Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا