Chapter 91, 15 verses
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
Waalshshamsi waduhaha
By the sun and its brightness
By the Moon as she follows him;
Waalqamari itha talaha
And [by] the moon when it follows it
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
Waalnnahari itha jallaha
And [by] the day when it displays it
By the Night as it conceals it;
Waallayli itha yaghshaha
And [by] the night when it covers it
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
Waalssamai wama banaha
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
Waalardi wama tahaha
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
Wanafsin wama sawwaha
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
Qad aflaha man zakkaha
He has succeeded who purifies it,
And he fails that corrupts it!
Waqad khaba man dassaha
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
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
And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she - camel of Allah or [prevent her from] 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)!
Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha
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].
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.
Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.