Chapter 91, 15 verses
By the sun and its brightness
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والشمس وضحاها
Waalshshamsi waduhaha
And [by] the moon when it follows it
By the Moon as she follows him;
والقمر إذا تلاها
Waalqamari itha talaha
And [by] the day when it displays it
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
والنهار إذا جلاها
Waalnnahari itha jallaha
And [by] the night when it covers it
By the Night as it conceals it;
والليل إذا يغشاها
Waallayli itha yaghshaha
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
والسماء وما بناها
Waalssamai wama banaha
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
والأرض وما طحاها
Waalardi wama tahaha
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
ونفس وما سواها
Wanafsin wama sawwaha
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
فألهمها فجورها وتقواها
Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha
He has succeeded who purifies it,
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
قد أفلح من زكاها
Qad aflaha man zakkaha
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
And he fails that corrupts it!
وقد خاب من دساها
Waqad khaba man dassaha
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
كذبت ثمود بطغواها
Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
إذ انبعث أشقاها
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."
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
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].
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
Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.
ولا يخاف عقباها
Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha