Chapter 91, 15 verses
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
By the sun and its brightness
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والشمس وضحاها
Waalshshamsi waduhaha
By the Moon as she follows him;
And [by] the moon when it follows it
والقمر إذا تلاها
Waalqamari itha talaha
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
And [by] the day when it displays it
والنهار إذا جلاها
Waalnnahari itha jallaha
By the Night as it conceals it;
And [by] the night when it covers it
والليل إذا يغشاها
Waallayli itha yaghshaha
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
والسماء وما بناها
Waalssamai wama banaha
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
والأرض وما طحاها
Waalardi wama tahaha
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
ونفس وما سواها
Wanafsin wama sawwaha
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
فألهمها فجورها وتقواها
Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
He has succeeded who purifies it,
قد أفلح من زكاها
Qad aflaha man zakkaha
And he fails that corrupts it!
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
وقد خاب من دساها
Waqad khaba man dassaha
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
كذبت ثمود بطغواها
Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
إذ انبعث أشقاها
Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha
But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She - camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!"
And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she - camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."
فقال لهم رسول الله ناقة الله وسقياها
Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha
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 denied him and hamstrung her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].
فكذبوه فعقروها فدمدم عليهم ربهم بذنبهم فسواها
Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.
ولا يخاف عقباها
Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha