Chapter 91, 15 verses
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والشمس وضحاها
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the sun and his brightness,
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
By the Moon as she follows him;
والقمر إذا تلاها
And the moon when she followeth him,
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
والنهار إذا جلاها
And the day when it revealeth him,
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
By the Night as it conceals it;
والليل إذا يغشاها
And the night when it enshroudeth him,
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
والسماء وما بناها
And the heaven and Him Who built it,
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
والأرض وما طحاها
And the earth and Him Who spread it,
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
ونفس وما سواها
And a soul and Him Who perfected it
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
فألهمها فجورها وتقواها
And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it.
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
قد أفلح من زكاها
He is indeed who causeth it to grow,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
And he fails that corrupts it!
وقد خاب من دساها
And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
كذبت ثمود بطغواها
(The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride,
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
إذ انبعث أشقاها
When the basest of them broke forth
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
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
And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she - camel of Allah, so let her drink!
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا
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
But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings).
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.
ولا يخاف عقباها
He dreadeth not the sequel (of events).
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا