Chapter 91, 15 verses
Waalshshamsi waduhaha
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the sun and its brightness.
I swear by the sun and its brilliance,
Waalqamari itha talaha
By the Moon as she follows him;
By the moon as it follows it (the sun).
And the moon when it follows the sun,
Waalnnahari itha jallaha
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
By the day as it shows up (the sun's) brightness.
And the day when it shows it,
Waallayli itha yaghshaha
By the Night as it conceals it;
By the night as it conceals it (the sun).
And the night when it draws a veil over it,
Waalssamai wama banaha
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
By the heaven and Him Who built it.
And the heaven and Him Who made it,
Waalardi wama tahaha
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
By the earth and Him Who spread it.
And the earth and Him Who extended it,
Wanafsin wama sawwaha
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul), and Him Who perfected him in proportion;
And the soul and Him Who made it perfect,
Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him.
Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong for it;
Qad aflaha man zakkaha
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself (i.e. obeys and performs all that Allah ordered, by following the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism and by doing righteous good deeds).
He will indeed be who purifies it,
Waqad khaba man dassaha
And he fails that corrupts it!
And indeed he fails who corrupts his ownself (i.e. disobeys what Allah has ordered by rejecting the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism or by following polytheism or by doing every kind of evil wicked deeds).
And he will indeed fail who corrupts it.
Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
Thamud (people) denied (their Prophet) through their transgression (by rejecting the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism, and by following polytheism, and by committing every kind of sin).
Samood gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy,
Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel).
When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with
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!"
But the Messenger of Allah [Salih عليه السلام] said to them: "Be cautious! (Fear the evil end). That is the she-camel of Allah! (Do not harm it) and bar it not from having its drink!"
So Allah's apostle said to them (Leave alone) Allah's she - camel, and (give) her (to) 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)!
Then they denied him and they killed it. So their Lord destroyed them because of their sin, and made them equal in destruction (i.e. all grades of people, rich and poor, strong and weak, etc.)!
But they called him a liar and slaughtered her, therefore their Lord crushed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground).
Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.
And He (Allah) feared not the consequences thereof.
And He fears not its consequence.