Chapter 91, 15 verses
I swear by the sun and its brilliance,
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
By the sun and its brightness
And the moon when it follows the sun,
By the Moon as she follows him;
And [by] the moon when it follows it
And the day when it shows it,
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
And [by] the day when it displays it
And the night when it draws a veil over it,
By the Night as it conceals it;
And [by] the night when it covers it
And the heaven and Him Who made it,
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
And the earth and Him Who extended it,
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
And the soul and Him Who made it perfect,
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong for it;
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
He will indeed be who purifies it,
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
He has succeeded who purifies it,
And he will indeed fail who corrupts it.
And he fails that corrupts it!
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
Samood gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy,
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
So Allah's apostle said to them (Leave alone) Allah's she - camel, and (give) her (to) drink.
But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She - camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having 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."
But they called him a liar and slaughtered her, therefore their Lord crushed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground).
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)!
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].
And He fears not its consequence.
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.