Chapter 91, 15 verses
I swear by the sun and its brilliance,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والشمس وضحاها
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
And the moon when it follows the sun,
والقمر إذا تلاها
By the Moon as she follows him;
And the day when it shows it,
والنهار إذا جلاها
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
And the night when it draws a veil over it,
والليل إذا يغشاها
By the Night as it conceals it;
And the heaven and Him Who made it,
والسماء وما بناها
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
And the earth and Him Who extended it,
والأرض وما طحاها
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
And the soul and Him Who made it perfect,
ونفس وما سواها
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 its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
He will indeed be who purifies it,
قد أفلح من زكاها
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
And he will indeed fail who corrupts it.
وقد خاب من دساها
And he fails that corrupts it!
Samood gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy,
كذبت ثمود بطغواها
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with
إذ انبعث أشقاها
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
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
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 for Him is no fear of its consequences.