Chapter 91, 15 verses
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
Waalshshamsi waduhaha
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
By the Moon as she follows him;
Waalqamari itha talaha
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
Waalnnahari itha jallaha
وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
By the Night as it conceals it;
Waallayli itha yaghshaha
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
Waalssamai wama banaha
وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
Waalardi wama tahaha
وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
Wanafsin wama sawwaha
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
Qad aflaha man zakkaha
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
And he fails that corrupts it!
Waqad khaba man dassaha
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha
إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا
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!"
Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا
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)!
Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.
Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا