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
I swear by the sun and its brilliance,
By the moon as it follows it (the sun).
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا
And the moon when it follows the sun,
By the day as it shows up (the sun's) brightness.
وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا
And the day when it shows it,
By the night as it conceals it (the sun).
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا
And the night when it draws a veil over it,
By the heaven and Him Who built it.
وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا
And the heaven and Him Who made it,
By the earth and Him Who spread it.
وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا
And the earth and Him Who extended it,
By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul), and Him Who perfected him in proportion;
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا
And the soul and Him Who made it perfect,
Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him.
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا
Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong 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).
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا
He will indeed be 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).
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا
And he will indeed fail who corrupts 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).
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا
Samood gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy,
When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel).
إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا
When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with
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
So Allah's apostle said to them (Leave alone) Allah's she - camel, and (give) her (to) 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.)!
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا
But they called him a liar and slaughtered her, therefore their Lord crushed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground).
And He (Allah) feared not the consequences thereof.
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا
And He fears not its consequence.