Chapter 91, 15 verses
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
I swear by the sun and its brilliance,
Waalshshamsi waduhaha
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
By the Moon as she follows him;
And the moon when it follows the sun,
Waalqamari itha talaha
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
And the day when it shows it,
Waalnnahari itha jallaha
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
By the Night as it conceals it;
And the night when it draws a veil over it,
Waallayli itha yaghshaha
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
And the heaven and Him Who made it,
Waalssamai wama banaha
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
And the earth and Him Who extended it,
Waalardi wama tahaha
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
And the soul and Him Who made it perfect,
Wanafsin wama sawwaha
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong for it;
Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
He will indeed be who purifies it,
Qad aflaha man zakkaha
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
And he fails that corrupts it!
And he will indeed fail who corrupts it.
Waqad khaba man dassaha
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
Samood gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy,
Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with
Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha
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!"
So Allah's apostle said to them (Leave alone) Allah's she - camel, and (give) her (to) drink.
Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha
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)!
But they called him a liar and slaughtered her, therefore their Lord crushed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground).
Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.
And He fears not its consequence.
Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا