Chapter 91, 15 verses
Waalshshamsi waduhaha
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the sun and his brightness,
Waalqamari itha talaha
By the Moon as she follows him;
And the moon when she followeth him,
Waalnnahari itha jallaha
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
And the day when it revealeth him,
Waallayli itha yaghshaha
By the Night as it conceals it;
And the night when it enshroudeth him,
Waalssamai wama banaha
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
And the heaven and Him Who built it,
Waalardi wama tahaha
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
And the earth and Him Who spread it,
Wanafsin wama sawwaha
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
And a soul and Him Who perfected it
Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it.
Qad aflaha man zakkaha
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
He is indeed who causeth it to grow,
Waqad khaba man dassaha
And he fails that corrupts it!
And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.
Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
(The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride,
Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
When the basest of them broke forth
Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha
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 said: It is the she - camel of Allah, so let her drink!
Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha
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 they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings).
Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.
He dreadeth not the sequel (of events).