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