Chapter 91, 15 verses
By the sun and its brightness
Waalshshamsi waduhaha
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
And [by] the moon when it follows it
Waalqamari itha talaha
By the Moon as she follows him;
And [by] the day when it displays it
Waalnnahari itha jallaha
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
And [by] the night when it covers it
Waallayli itha yaghshaha
By the Night as it conceals it;
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
Waalssamai wama banaha
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
Waalardi wama tahaha
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned 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,
Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
He has succeeded who purifies it,
Qad aflaha man zakkaha
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
Waqad khaba man dassaha
And he fails that corrupts it!
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
When the most wretched of them was sent 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."
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].
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.
Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.