Chapter 91, 15 verses
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والشمس وضحاها
By the sun and its brightness
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
والقمر إذا تلاها
And [by] the moon when it follows it
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
والنهار إذا جلاها
And [by] the day when it displays it
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
والليل إذا يغشاها
And [by] the night when it covers it
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
والسماء وما بناها
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
والأرض وما طحاها
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
ونفس وما سواها
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
فألهمها فجورها وتقواها
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
قد أفلح من زكاها
He has succeeded who purifies it,
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
وقد خاب من دساها
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
كذبت ثمود بطغواها
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
إذ انبعث أشقاها
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا
فقال لهم رسول الله ناقة الله وسقياها
And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she - camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
فكذبوه فعقروها فدمدم عليهم ربهم بذنبهم فسواها
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].
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا
ولا يخاف عقباها
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.