Chapter 91, 15 verses
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والشمس وضحاها
By the sun and its brightness
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the sun and his brightness,
By the Moon as she follows him;
والقمر إذا تلاها
And [by] the moon when it follows it
And the moon when she followeth him,
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
والنهار إذا جلاها
And [by] the day when it displays it
And the day when it revealeth him,
By the Night as it conceals it;
والليل إذا يغشاها
And [by] the night when it covers it
And the night when it enshroudeth him,
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
والسماء وما بناها
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
And the heaven and Him Who built it,
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
والأرض وما طحاها
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
And the earth and Him Who spread it,
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
ونفس وما سواها
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
And a soul and Him Who perfected it
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
فألهمها فجورها وتقواها
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it.
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
قد أفلح من زكاها
He has succeeded who purifies it,
He is indeed who causeth it to grow,
And he fails that corrupts it!
وقد خاب من دساها
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
كذبت ثمود بطغواها
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
(The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride,
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
إذ انبعث أشقاها
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
When the basest of them broke forth
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 [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she - camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."
And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she - camel of Allah, so let her 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 denied him and hamstrung her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].
But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings).
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.
ولا يخاف عقباها
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.
He dreadeth not the sequel (of events).