Chapter 91, 15 verses
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والشمس وضحاها
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the sun and its brightness.
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
By the Moon as she follows him;
والقمر إذا تلاها
By the moon as it follows it (the sun).
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
والنهار إذا جلاها
By the day as it shows up (the sun's) brightness.
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
By the Night as it conceals it;
والليل إذا يغشاها
By the night as it conceals it (the sun).
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
والسماء وما بناها
By the heaven and Him Who built it.
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
والأرض وما طحاها
By the earth and Him Who spread it.
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
ونفس وما سواها
By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul), and Him Who perfected him in proportion;
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
فألهمها فجورها وتقواها
Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him.
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
قد أفلح من زكاها
Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself (i.e. obeys and performs all that Allah ordered, by following the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism and by doing righteous good deeds).
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
And he fails that corrupts it!
وقد خاب من دساها
And indeed he fails who corrupts his ownself (i.e. disobeys what Allah has ordered by rejecting the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism or by following polytheism or by doing every kind of evil wicked deeds).
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
كذبت ثمود بطغواها
Thamud (people) denied (their Prophet) through their transgression (by rejecting the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism, and by following polytheism, and by committing every kind of sin).
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
إذ انبعث أشقاها
When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel).
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
But the Messenger of Allah [Salih عليه السلام] said to them: "Be cautious! (Fear the evil end). That is the she-camel of Allah! (Do not harm it) and bar it not from having its 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
Then they denied him and they killed it. So their Lord destroyed them because of their sin, and made them equal in destruction (i.e. all grades of people, rich and poor, strong and weak, etc.)!
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.
ولا يخاف عقباها
And He (Allah) feared not the consequences thereof.
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا