91 : 1

وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا

By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;

91 : 2

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا

By the Moon as she follows him;

91 : 3

وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا

By the Day as it shows up (the Sun´s) glory;

91 : 4

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا

By the Night as it conceals it;

91 : 5

وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا

By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;

91 : 6

وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا

By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:

91 : 7

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا

By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;

91 : 8

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا

And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right;-

91 : 9

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا

Truly he succeeds that purifies it,

91 : 10

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسَّاهَا

And he fails that corrupts it!

91 : 11

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا

The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong-doing,

91 : 12

إِذِ انْبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا

Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).

91 : 13

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا

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

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

And for Him is no fear of its consequences.