91Ash-Shams

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا

By the sun and his morning bright-ness,

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا

By the moon, when she followeth him,

وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا

By the day when it glorifieth him.

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا

By the night; when it envelopeth him,

وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا

By the heaven and Him Who builded it,

وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا

By the earth and Him Who spread it forth,

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا

By the soul and Him Who propertioned it,

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا

And inspired it with the wickedness thereof and the piety thereof,

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا

Surely blissful is he who hath cleansed, it,

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسَّاهَا

And miserable is he who hath buried it.

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا

Thamud belied in their exorbitance.

إِذِ انْبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا

What time the greatest wretch of them rose up.

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا

Then the apostle of Allah said Unto them: beware of the she-camel of Allah and her drink.

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِذَنْبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا

Then they belied him, and they hamstrung her; wherefore their Lord overwhelmed them for their crime, and made it equal.

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا

And He feared not the consequence thereof