Chapter 91, 15 verses
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والشمس وضحاها
By the sun and its brightness
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
By the Moon as she follows him;
والقمر إذا تلاها
And [by] the moon when it follows it
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
والنهار إذا جلاها
And [by] the day when it displays it
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
By the Night as it conceals it;
والليل إذا يغشاها
And [by] the night when it covers it
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
والسماء وما بناها
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
والأرض وما طحاها
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
ونفس وما سواها
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
فألهمها فجورها وتقواها
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
قد أفلح من زكاها
He has succeeded who purifies it,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
And he fails that corrupts it!
وقد خاب من دساها
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
كذبت ثمود بطغواها
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
إذ انبعث أشقاها
When the most wretched of them was sent 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 [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she - camel of Allah or [prevent her from] 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 hamstrung her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.
ولا يخاف عقباها
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا