Chapter 91, 15 verses
Waalshshamsi waduhaha
By the sun and its brightness
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
Waalqamari itha talaha
And [by] the moon when it follows it
By the Moon as she follows him;
Waalnnahari itha jallaha
And [by] the day when it displays it
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
Waallayli itha yaghshaha
And [by] the night when it covers it
By the Night as it conceals it;
Waalssamai wama banaha
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
Waalardi wama tahaha
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
Wanafsin wama sawwaha
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
Qad aflaha man zakkaha
He has succeeded who purifies it,
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
Waqad khaba man dassaha
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
And he fails that corrupts it!
Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha
And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she - camel of Allah or [prevent her from] 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
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].
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
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.