And by the sun and its brightness; (Ash-Shams 91:1)
وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا
Wa Al-Qamari 'Idhā Talāhā
And by the moon as it follows it (the sun); (Ash-Shams 91:2)
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلاَهَا
Wa An-Nahāri 'Idhā Jallāhā
And by the day as it shows up (the sun's) brightness; (Ash-Shams 91:3)
وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلاَّهَا
Wa Al-Layli 'Idhā Yaghshāhā
And by the night as it conceals it (the sun); (Ash-Shams 91:4)
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا
Wa As-Samā'i Wa Mā Banāhā
And by the heaven and Him Who built it (Ash-Shams 91:5)
وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا
Wa Al-'Arđi Wa Mā Ţaĥāhā
And by the earth and Him Who spread it, (Ash-Shams 91:6)
وَالأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا
Wa Nafsin Wa Mā Sawwāhā
And by Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul, etc.), and Him Who perfected him in proportion; (Ash-Shams 91:7)
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا
Fa'alhamahā Fujūrahā Wa Taqwāhā
Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him; (Ash-Shams 91:8)
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا
Qad 'Aflaĥa Man Zakkāhā
Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself (i.e. obeys and performs all that Allāh ordered, by following the true Faith of Islāmic Monotheism and by doing righteous good deeds). (Ash-Shams 91:9)
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا
Wa QadKhāba Man Dassāhā
And indeed he fails who corrupts his ownself (i.e. disobeys what Allāh has ordered by rejecting the true Faith of Islāmic Monotheism or by following polytheism, etc. or by doing every kind of evil wicked deeds). (Ash-Shams 91:10)
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسَّاهَا
Kadhdhabat Thamūdu Biţaghwāhā
Thamûd (people) denied (their Prophet) through their transgression (by rejecting the true Faith of Islāmic Monotheism, and by following polytheism, and by committing every kind of sin). (Ash-Shams 91:11)
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا
'Idhi Anba`atha 'Ashqāhā
When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel). (Ash-Shams 91:12)
إِذِ انْبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا
Faqāla LahumRasūlu Allāhi Nāqata Allāhi Wa Suqyāhā
But the Messenger of Allāh [Sālih (Saleh)] said to them: "Be cautious! Fear the evil end. That is the she-camel of Allāh! (Do not harm it) and bar it not from having its drink!" (Ash-Shams 91:13)
Then they denied him and they killed it. So their Lord destroyed them because of their sin, and made them equal in destruction (i.e. all grades of people, rich and poor, strong and weak, etc.)! (Ash-Shams 91:14)