Chapter 91, 15 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the sun and its brightness.
Waalshshamsi waduhaha
By the sun and its brightness
By the moon as it follows it (the sun).
Waalqamari itha talaha
And [by] the moon when it follows it
By the day as it shows up (the sun's) brightness.
Waalnnahari itha jallaha
And [by] the day when it displays it
By the night as it conceals it (the sun).
Waallayli itha yaghshaha
And [by] the night when it covers it
By the heaven and Him Who built it.
Waalssamai wama banaha
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
By the earth and Him Who spread it.
Waalardi wama tahaha
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul), and Him Who perfected him in proportion;
Wanafsin wama sawwaha
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him.
Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
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).
Qad aflaha man zakkaha
He has succeeded who purifies 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).
Waqad khaba man dassaha
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
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).
Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel).
Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha
When the most wretched of them was sent 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!"
Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha
And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she - camel of Allah or [prevent her from] 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.)!
Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha
But they denied him and hamstrung her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].
And He (Allah) feared not the consequences thereof.
Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.