Chapter 91, 15 verses
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,
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
By the moon as it follows it (the sun).
And the moon when it follows the sun,
By the Moon as she follows him;
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
By the day as it shows up (the sun's) brightness.
And the day when it shows it,
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
By the night as it conceals it (the sun).
And the night when it draws a veil over it,
By the Night as it conceals it;
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
By the heaven and Him Who built it.
And the heaven and Him Who made it,
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
By the earth and Him Who spread it.
And the earth and Him Who extended it,
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
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,
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
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;
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
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,
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
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.
And he fails that corrupts it!
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
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,
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel).
When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
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.
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 ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا
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).
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 بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
And He (Allah) feared not the consequences thereof.
And He fears not its consequence.
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا