وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا ١
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
91:2
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا ٢
By the Moon as she follows him;
91:3
وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا ٣
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
91:4
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا ٤
By the Night as it conceals it;
91:5
وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا ٥
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
91:6
وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا ٦
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
91:7
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا ٧
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
91:8
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا ٨
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right;-
91:9
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا ٩
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
91:10
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسَّاهَا ١٠
And he fails that corrupts it!
91:11
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا ١١
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong-doing,
91:12
إِذِ انْبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا ١٢
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
91:13
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا ١٣
But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She-camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!"
91:14
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِذَنْبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا ١٤
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)!
91:15
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا ١٥
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.