91:1
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ﴿١﴾
By the sun and its brightness
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
91:2
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا ﴿٢﴾
And [by] the moon when it follows it
91:3
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا ﴿٣﴾
And [by] the day when it displays it
91:4
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا ﴿٤﴾
And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it
91:5
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ﴿٥﴾
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
91:6
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا ﴿٦﴾
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
91:7
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا ﴿٧﴾
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
91:8
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا ﴿٨﴾
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
91:9
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ﴿٩﴾
He has succeeded who purifies it,
91:10
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ﴿١٠﴾
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
91:11
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ ﴿١١﴾
Thamūd denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
91:12
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا ﴿١٢﴾
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
91:13
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا ﴿١٣﴾
And the messenger of Allāh [i.e., Ṣāliḥ] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allāh or [prevent her from] her drink."
91:14
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا ﴿١٤﴾
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].
91:15
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا ﴿١٥﴾
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.