Chapter 91, 15 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the sun and his brightness,
By the sun and its brightness
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والشمس وضحاها
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
And the moon when she followeth him,
And [by] the moon when it follows it
والقمر إذا تلاها
By the Moon as she follows him;
And the day when it revealeth him,
And [by] the day when it displays it
والنهار إذا جلاها
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
And the night when it enshroudeth him,
And [by] the night when it covers it
والليل إذا يغشاها
By the Night as it conceals it;
And the heaven and Him Who built it,
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
والسماء وما بناها
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
And the earth and Him Who spread it,
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
والأرض وما طحاها
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
And a soul and Him Who perfected it
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
ونفس وما سواها
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it.
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
فألهمها فجورها وتقواها
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
He is indeed who causeth it to grow,
He has succeeded who purifies it,
قد أفلح من زكاها
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
وقد خاب من دساها
And he fails that corrupts it!
(The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride,
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
كذبت ثمود بطغواها
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
When the basest of them broke forth
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
إذ انبعث أشقاها
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she - camel of Allah, so let her drink!
And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she - camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."
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!"
But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings).
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].
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)!
He dreadeth not the sequel (of events).
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.
ولا يخاف عقباها
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.