Wa Ash-Shamsi Wa Đuĥāhā  | 091.001 By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour; | وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا |
Wa Al-Qamari 'Idhā Talāhā  | 091.002 By the Moon as she follows him; | وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلاَهَا |
Wa An-Nahāri 'Idhā Jallāhā  | 091.003 By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory; | وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلاَّهَا |
Wa Al-Layli 'Idhā Yaghshāhā  | 091.004 By the Night as it conceals it; | وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا |
Wa As-Samā'i Wa Mā Banāhā  | 091.005 By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure; | وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا |
Wa Al-'Arđi Wa Mā Ţaĥāhā  | 091.006 By the Earth and its (wide) expanse: | وَالأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا |
Wa Nafsin Wa Mā Sawwāhā  | 091.007 By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it; | وَنَفْس ٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا |
Fa'alhamahā Fujūrahā Wa Taqwāhā  | 091.008 And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right;- | فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا |
Qad 'Aflaĥa Man Zakkāhā  | 091.009 Truly he succeeds that purifies it, | قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا |
Wa Qad Khāba Man Dassāhā  | 091.010 And he fails that corrupts it! | وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسَّاهَا |
Kadhdhabat Thamūdu Biţaghwāhā  | 091.011 The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong-doing, | كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا |
'Idhi Anba`atha 'Ashqāhā  | 091.012 Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety). | إِذِ انْبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا |
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!" | فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا |
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)! | فَكَذَّبُوه ُُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِذَنْبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا |
Wa Lā Yakhāfu `Uqbāhā  | 091.015 And for Him is no fear of its consequences. | وَلاَ يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا |