Chapter 91, 15 verses
By the sun and its brightness
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والشمس وضحاها
Waalshshamsi waduhaha
And [by] the moon when it follows it
والقمر إذا تلاها
Waalqamari itha talaha
And [by] the day when it displays it
والنهار إذا جلاها
Waalnnahari itha jallaha
And [by] the night when it covers it
والليل إذا يغشاها
Waallayli itha yaghshaha
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
والسماء وما بناها
Waalssamai wama banaha
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
والأرض وما طحاها
Waalardi wama tahaha
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
ونفس وما سواها
Wanafsin wama sawwaha
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
فألهمها فجورها وتقواها
Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha
He has succeeded who purifies it,
قد أفلح من زكاها
Qad aflaha man zakkaha
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
وقد خاب من دساها
Waqad khaba man dassaha
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
كذبت ثمود بطغواها
Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
إذ انبعث أشقاها
Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha
And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she - camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."
فقال لهم رسول الله ناقة الله وسقياها
Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha
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].
فكذبوه فعقروها فدمدم عليهم ربهم بذنبهم فسواها
Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.
ولا يخاف عقباها
Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha