Chapter 91, 15 verses
By the sun and its brightness
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والشمس وضحاها
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا
And [by] the moon when it follows it
والقمر إذا تلاها
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا
And [by] the day when it displays it
والنهار إذا جلاها
وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا
And [by] the night when it covers it
والليل إذا يغشاها
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
والسماء وما بناها
وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
والأرض وما طحاها
وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
ونفس وما سواها
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
فألهمها فجورها وتقواها
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا
He has succeeded who purifies it,
قد أفلح من زكاها
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
وقد خاب من دساها
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
كذبت ثمود بطغواها
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
إذ انبعث أشقاها
إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا
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
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا
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
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.
ولا يخاف عقباها
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا