Chapter 91, 15 verses
Waalshshamsi waduhaha
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
Waalqamari itha talaha
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا
By the Moon as she follows him;
Waalnnahari itha jallaha
وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
Waallayli itha yaghshaha
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا
By the Night as it conceals it;
Waalssamai wama banaha
وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
Waalardi wama tahaha
وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
Wanafsin wama sawwaha
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
Qad aflaha man zakkaha
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
Waqad khaba man dassaha
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا
And he fails that corrupts it!
Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha
إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا
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
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا
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
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.