Chapter 91, 15 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the sun and its brightness.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والشمس وضحاها
By the moon as it follows it (the sun).
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا
والقمر إذا تلاها
By the day as it shows up (the sun's) brightness.
وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا
والنهار إذا جلاها
By the night as it conceals it (the sun).
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا
والليل إذا يغشاها
By the heaven and Him Who built it.
وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا
والسماء وما بناها
By the earth and Him Who spread it.
وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا
والأرض وما طحاها
By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul), and Him Who perfected him in proportion;
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا
ونفس وما سواها
Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him.
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا
فألهمها فجورها وتقواها
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).
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا
قد أفلح من زكاها
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).
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا
وقد خاب من دساها
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).
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا
كذبت ثمود بطغواها
When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel).
إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا
إذ انبعث أشقاها
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!"
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا
فقال لهم رسول الله ناقة الله وسقياها
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.)!
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا
فكذبوه فعقروها فدمدم عليهم ربهم بذنبهم فسواها
And He (Allah) feared not the consequences thereof.
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا
ولا يخاف عقباها