By the sun and its brightness
Waalshshamsi waduhaha
Chapter 91, 15 verses
By the sun and its brightness
Waalshshamsi waduhaha
And [by] the moon when it follows it
Waalqamari itha talaha
And [by] the day when it displays it
Waalnnahari itha jallaha
And [by] the night when it covers it
Waallayli itha yaghshaha
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
Waalssamai wama banaha
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
Waalardi wama tahaha
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
Wanafsin wama sawwaha
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha
He has succeeded who purifies it,
Qad aflaha man zakkaha
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
Waqad khaba man dassaha
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha
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 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
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.
Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha