بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
91:1
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
By the sun and its brightness,
91:2
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
and by the moon as it follows it¹,
91:3
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
and by the day as it displays it²,
91:4
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
and by the night as it covers it³,
91:5
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
and by the sky and how He made it,
91:6
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
and by the earth and how He spread it,
91:7
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
and by the soul and how He fashioned it⁴,
91:8
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
then inspired it [to know] its wickedness and righteousness,
91:9
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
Indeed, he who purifies his soul will attain success,
91:10
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
and he who corrupts it will be doomed.
91:11
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
Thamūd rejected [the messenger] because of their transgression,
91:12
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
when the most wretched among them rose⁵.
91:13
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا
Although the messenger of Allah warned them, “Hands off the she-camel of Allah and her drink!”
91:14
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
Yet they rejected him and hamstrung her⁶. So their Lord destroyed them for their sin and leveled them to the ground.
91:15
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا
And He has no fear of the consequences thereof⁷.