Chapter 91, 15 verses
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والشمس وضحاها
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
والقمر إذا تلاها
By the Moon as she follows him;
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
والنهار إذا جلاها
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
والليل إذا يغشاها
By the Night as it conceals it;
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
والسماء وما بناها
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
والأرض وما طحاها
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
ونفس وما سواها
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
فألهمها فجورها وتقواها
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
قد أفلح من زكاها
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
وقد خاب من دساها
And he fails that corrupts it!
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
كذبت ثمود بطغواها
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
إذ انبعث أشقاها
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا
فقال لهم رسول الله ناقة الله وسقياها
But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She - camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!"
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
فكذبوه فعقروها فدمدم عليهم ربهم بذنبهم فسواها
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)!
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا
ولا يخاف عقباها
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.