Chapter 91, 15 verses
I swear by the sun and its brilliance,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والشمس وضحاها
By the sun and its brightness
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
And the moon when it follows the sun,
والقمر إذا تلاها
And [by] the moon when it follows it
By the Moon as she follows him;
And the day when it shows it,
والنهار إذا جلاها
And [by] the day when it displays it
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
And the night when it draws a veil over it,
والليل إذا يغشاها
And [by] the night when it covers it
By the Night as it conceals it;
And the heaven and Him Who made it,
والسماء وما بناها
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
And the earth and Him Who extended it,
والأرض وما طحاها
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
And the soul and Him Who made it perfect,
ونفس وما سواها
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong for it;
فألهمها فجورها وتقواها
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
He will indeed be who purifies it,
قد أفلح من زكاها
He has succeeded who purifies it,
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
And he will indeed fail who corrupts it.
وقد خاب من دساها
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
And he fails that corrupts it!
Samood gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy,
كذبت ثمود بطغواها
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with
إذ انبعث أشقاها
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
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
And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she - camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."
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 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
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].
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)!
And He fears not its consequence.
ولا يخاف عقباها
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.