91. Ash-Shams

وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

By the sun and its heat and brightness

وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

and by the moon as it follows it

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

and by the day as it displays the sun's glory

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا

and by the night as it envelopes the sun

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

and by the sky and by Him Who made it

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

and by the earth and by Him Who stretched it out

وَنَفۡسࣲ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

and by the soul and by Him Who perfectly proportioned it

فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا

and imbued it with (the consciousness of) its evil and its piety

قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

He who purifies it will prosper

وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

and he who suppresses it will be ruined

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ

In their presumptuous insolence the Thamud called the Truth a lie

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا

when their arch-criminal rose up in rage

فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا

Then Allah's Messenger warned them: “Hands off the she-camel and her drink!”

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا

But they rejected his statement as a lie and hamstrung the she-camel. For that crime their Lord rumbled down upon them, utterly razing them to the ground

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا

He has no fear of its sequel