Chapter 91, 15 verses
By the sun and its brightness
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the sun and his brightness,
Waalshshamsi waduhaha
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
And [by] the moon when it follows it
And the moon when she followeth him,
Waalqamari itha talaha
By the Moon as she follows him;
And [by] the day when it displays it
And the day when it revealeth him,
Waalnnahari itha jallaha
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
And [by] the night when it covers it
And the night when it enshroudeth him,
Waallayli itha yaghshaha
By the Night as it conceals it;
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
And the heaven and Him Who built it,
Waalssamai wama banaha
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
And the earth and Him Who spread it,
Waalardi wama tahaha
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
And a soul and Him Who perfected it
Wanafsin wama sawwaha
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it.
Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
He has succeeded who purifies it,
He is indeed who causeth it to grow,
Qad aflaha man zakkaha
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.
Waqad khaba man dassaha
And he fails that corrupts it!
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
(The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride,
Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
When the basest of them broke forth
Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she - camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."
And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she - camel of Allah, so let her drink!
Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha
But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She - camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!"
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].
But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings).
Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha
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)!
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.
He dreadeth not the sequel (of events).
Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.