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