Sūra 91: Shams, or The Sun

Section 1 (1-15)

1. Waalshshamsi waduhaha

1. By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;

2. Waalqamari itha talaha

2. By the Moon as she follows him;

3. Waalnnahari itha jallaha

3. By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;

4. Waallayli itha yaghshaha

4. By the Night as it conceals it;

5. Waalssama-i wama banaha

5. By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;

6. Waal-ardi wama tahaha

6. By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:

7. Wanafsin wama sawwaha

7. By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;

8. Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha

8. And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right;-

9. Qad aflaha man zakkaha

9. Truly he succeeds that purifies it,

10. Waqad khaba man dassaha

10. And he fails that corrupts it!

11. Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha

11. The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong-doing,

12. Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha

12. Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).

13. Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha

13. But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She-camel of Allah. And (bar her not from) having her drink!"

14. Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha

14. 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)!

15. Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha

15. And for Him is no fear of its consequences.