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