Chapter 91, 15 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the sun and its brightness.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والشمس وضحاها
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the sun and his brightness,
By the moon as it follows it (the sun).
والقمر إذا تلاها
And the moon when she followeth him,
By the day as it shows up (the sun's) brightness.
والنهار إذا جلاها
And the day when it revealeth him,
By the night as it conceals it (the sun).
والليل إذا يغشاها
And the night when it enshroudeth him,
By the heaven and Him Who built it.
والسماء وما بناها
And the heaven and Him Who built it,
By the earth and Him Who spread it.
والأرض وما طحاها
And the earth and Him Who spread it,
By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul), and Him Who perfected him in proportion;
ونفس وما سواها
And a soul and Him Who perfected it
Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him.
فألهمها فجورها وتقواها
And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for 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).
قد أفلح من زكاها
He is indeed who causeth it to grow,
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).
وقد خاب من دساها
And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.
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).
كذبت ثمود بطغواها
(The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride,
When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel).
إذ انبعث أشقاها
When the basest of them broke forth
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!"
فقال لهم رسول الله ناقة الله وسقياها
And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she - camel of Allah, so let her drink!
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.)!
فكذبوه فعقروها فدمدم عليهم ربهم بذنبهم فسواها
But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings).
And He (Allah) feared not the consequences thereof.
ولا يخاف عقباها
He dreadeth not the sequel (of events).