Chapter 91, 15 verses
I swear by the sun and its brilliance,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والشمس وضحاها
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the sun and its brightness.
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
And the moon when it follows the sun,
والقمر إذا تلاها
By the moon as it follows it (the sun).
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
And the day when it shows it,
والنهار إذا جلاها
By the day as it shows up (the sun's) brightness.
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
And the night when it draws a veil over it,
والليل إذا يغشاها
By the night as it conceals it (the sun).
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
And the heaven and Him Who made it,
والسماء وما بناها
By the heaven and Him Who built it.
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
And the earth and Him Who extended it,
والأرض وما طحاها
By the earth and Him Who spread it.
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
And the soul and Him Who made it perfect,
ونفس وما سواها
By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul), and Him Who perfected him in proportion;
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong for it;
فألهمها فجورها وتقواها
Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him.
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
He will indeed be who purifies it,
قد أفلح من زكاها
Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself (i.e. obeys and performs all that Allah ordered, by following the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism and by doing righteous good deeds).
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
And he will indeed fail who corrupts it.
وقد خاب من دساها
And indeed he fails who corrupts his ownself (i.e. disobeys what Allah has ordered by rejecting the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism or by following polytheism or by doing every kind of evil wicked deeds).
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
Samood gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy,
كذبت ثمود بطغواها
Thamud (people) denied (their Prophet) through their transgression (by rejecting the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism, and by following polytheism, and by committing every kind of sin).
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with
إذ انبعث أشقاها
When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel).
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
So Allah's apostle said to them (Leave alone) Allah's she - camel, and (give) her (to) drink.
فقال لهم رسول الله ناقة الله وسقياها
But the Messenger of Allah [Salih عليه السلام] said to them: "Be cautious! (Fear the evil end). That is the she-camel of Allah! (Do not harm it) and bar it not from having its drink!"
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا
But they called him a liar and slaughtered her, therefore their Lord crushed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground).
فكذبوه فعقروها فدمدم عليهم ربهم بذنبهم فسواها
Then they denied him and they killed it. So their Lord destroyed them because of their sin, and made them equal in destruction (i.e. all grades of people, rich and poor, strong and weak, etc.)!
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
And He fears not its consequence.
ولا يخاف عقباها
And He (Allah) feared not the consequences thereof.
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا