Chapter 91, 15 verses
By the sun and its brightness
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا
I swear by the sun and its brilliance,
And [by] the moon when it follows it
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا
And the moon when it follows the sun,
And [by] the day when it displays it
وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا
And the day when it shows it,
And [by] the night when it covers it
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا
And the night when it draws a veil over it,
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا
And the heaven and Him Who made it,
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا
And the earth and Him Who extended it,
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا
And the soul and Him Who made it perfect,
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا
Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong for it;
He has succeeded who purifies it,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا
He will indeed be who purifies it,
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا
And he will indeed fail who corrupts it.
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا
Samood gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy,
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا
When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with
And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she - camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا
So Allah's apostle said to them (Leave alone) Allah's she - camel, and (give) her (to) 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].
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا
But they called him a liar and slaughtered her, therefore their Lord crushed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground).
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا
And He fears not its consequence.