Chapter 91, 15 verses
By the sun and its brightness
I swear by the sun and its brilliance,
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والشمس وضحاها
And [by] the moon when it follows it
And the moon when it follows the sun,
By the Moon as she follows him;
والقمر إذا تلاها
And [by] the day when it displays it
And the day when it shows it,
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
والنهار إذا جلاها
And [by] the night when it covers it
And the night when it draws a veil over it,
By the Night as it conceals it;
والليل إذا يغشاها
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
And the heaven and Him Who made it,
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
والسماء وما بناها
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
And the earth and Him Who extended it,
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
والأرض وما طحاها
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
And the soul and Him Who made it perfect,
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
ونفس وما سواها
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong for it;
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
فألهمها فجورها وتقواها
He has succeeded who purifies it,
He will indeed be who purifies it,
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
قد أفلح من زكاها
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
And he will indeed fail who corrupts it.
And he fails that corrupts it!
وقد خاب من دساها
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
Samood gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy,
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
كذبت ثمود بطغواها
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
إذ انبعث أشقاها
And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she - camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."
So Allah's apostle said to them (Leave alone) Allah's she - camel, and (give) her (to) drink.
But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She - camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!"
فقال لهم رسول الله ناقة الله وسقياها
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 called him a liar and slaughtered her, therefore their Lord crushed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground).
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)!
فكذبوه فعقروها فدمدم عليهم ربهم بذنبهم فسواها
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.
And He fears not its consequence.
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.
ولا يخاف عقباها