91) Sūrat Ash-Shams

Wa Ash-Shamsi Wa Đuĥāhā 091.001 By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
Wa Al-Qamari 'Idhā Talāhā 091.002 By the Moon as she follows him;
Wa An-Nahāri 'Idhā Jallāhā 091.003 By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
Wa Al-Layli 'Idhā Yaghshāhā 091.004 By the Night as it conceals it;
Wa As-Samā'i Wa Mā Banāhā 091.005 By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
Wa Al-'Arđi Wa Mā Ţaĥāhā 091.006 By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
Wa Nafsin Wa Mā Sawwāhā 091.007 By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
Fa'alhamahā Fujūrahā Wa Taqwāhā 091.008 And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right;-
Qad 'Aflaĥa Man Zakkāhā 091.009 Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
Wa Qad Khāba Man Dassāhā 091.010 And he fails that corrupts it!
Kadhdhabat Thamūdu Biţaghwāhā 091.011 The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong-doing,
'Idhi Anba`atha 'Ashqāhā 091.012 Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
Faqāla Lahum Rasūlu Al-Lahi Nāqata Al-Lahi Wa Suqyāhā 091.013 But the Apostle of God said to them: "It is a She-camel of God! And (bar her not from) having her drink!"
Fakadhdhabūhu Fa`aqarūhā Fadamdama `Alayhim Rabbuhum Bidhanbihim Fasawwāhā 091.014 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)!
Wa Lā Yakhāfu `Uqbāhā 091.015 And for Him is no fear of its consequences.
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