Chapter 91, 15 verses
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والشمس وضحاها
I swear by the sun and its brilliance,
By the Moon as she follows him;
والقمر إذا تلاها
And the moon when it follows the sun,
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
والنهار إذا جلاها
And the day when it shows it,
By the Night as it conceals it;
والليل إذا يغشاها
And the night when it draws a veil over it,
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
والسماء وما بناها
And the heaven and Him Who made it,
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
والأرض وما طحاها
And the earth and Him Who extended it,
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
ونفس وما سواها
And the soul and Him Who made it perfect,
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
فألهمها فجورها وتقواها
Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong for it;
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
قد أفلح من زكاها
He will indeed be who purifies it,
And he fails that corrupts it!
وقد خاب من دساها
And he will indeed fail who corrupts it.
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
كذبت ثمود بطغواها
Samood gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy,
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
إذ انبعث أشقاها
When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with
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
So Allah's apostle said to them (Leave alone) Allah's she - camel, and (give) her (to) drink.
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 called him a liar and slaughtered her, therefore their Lord crushed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground).
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.
ولا يخاف عقباها
And He fears not its consequence.