Chapter 91, 15 verses
By the sun and its brightness
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
And [by] the moon when it follows it
By the Moon as she follows him;
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
And [by] the day when it displays it
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
And [by] the night when it covers it
By the Night as it conceals it;
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
He has succeeded who purifies it,
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
And he fails that corrupts it!
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
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!"
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا
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)!
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا