Chapter 91, 15 verses
I swear by the sun and its brilliance,
Waalshshamsi waduhaha
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
And the moon when it follows the sun,
Waalqamari itha talaha
By the Moon as she follows him;
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
And the day when it shows it,
Waalnnahari itha jallaha
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
And the night when it draws a veil over it,
Waallayli itha yaghshaha
By the Night as it conceals it;
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
And the heaven and Him Who made it,
Waalssamai wama banaha
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
And the earth and Him Who extended it,
Waalardi wama tahaha
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
And the soul and Him Who made it perfect,
Wanafsin wama sawwaha
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong for it;
Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
He will indeed be who purifies it,
Qad aflaha man zakkaha
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
And he will indeed fail who corrupts it.
Waqad khaba man dassaha
And he fails that corrupts it!
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
Samood gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy,
Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with
Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
So Allah's apostle said to them (Leave alone) Allah's she - camel, and (give) her (to) 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 called him a liar and slaughtered her, therefore their Lord crushed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground).
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
And He fears not its consequence.
Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا