Chapter 91, 15 verses
Waalshshamsi waduhaha
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والشمس وضحاها
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the sun and his brightness,
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
Waalqamari itha talaha
والقمر إذا تلاها
And the moon when she followeth him,
By the Moon as she follows him;
Waalnnahari itha jallaha
والنهار إذا جلاها
And the day when it revealeth him,
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
Waallayli itha yaghshaha
والليل إذا يغشاها
And the night when it enshroudeth him,
By the Night as it conceals it;
Waalssamai wama banaha
والسماء وما بناها
And the heaven and Him Who built it,
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
Waalardi wama tahaha
والأرض وما طحاها
And the earth and Him Who spread it,
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
Wanafsin wama sawwaha
ونفس وما سواها
And a soul and Him Who perfected it
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha
فألهمها فجورها وتقواها
And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it.
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
Qad aflaha man zakkaha
قد أفلح من زكاها
He is indeed who causeth it to grow,
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
Waqad khaba man dassaha
وقد خاب من دساها
And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.
And he fails that corrupts it!
Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha
كذبت ثمود بطغواها
(The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride,
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha
إذ انبعث أشقاها
When the basest of them broke forth
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha
فقال لهم رسول الله ناقة الله وسقياها
And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she - camel of Allah, so let 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!"
Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha
فكذبوه فعقروها فدمدم عليهم ربهم بذنبهم فسواها
But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings).
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)!
Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha
ولا يخاف عقباها
He dreadeth not the sequel (of events).
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.