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,