بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
91:1
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
91:1
By the sun and its rising brightness - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
91:2
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
91:2
and by the moon as it follows it, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
91:3
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
91:3
and by the day as it reveals its glory - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
91:4
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
91:4
and by the night when it draws a veil over it, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
91:5
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
91:5
by the sky and how He built it - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
91:6
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
91:6
and by the earth and how He spread it, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
91:7
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
91:7
by the soul and how He formed it, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
91:8
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
91:8
then inspired it to understand what was right and wrong for it. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
91:9
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
91:9
He who purifies it will indeed be successful, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
91:10
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
91:10
and he who corrupts it is sure to fail. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
91:11
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
91:11
The Thamud tribe rejected the truth because of their arrogance, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
91:12
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
91:12
when the most wicked man among them rose up. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
91:13
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا
91:13
Then the messenger of God said to them, "This is God's she-camel. Let her drink." - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
91:14
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
91:14
But they gave him the lie, and hamstrung the she-camel. So their Lord destroyed them for their crime and razed their city to the ground. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
91:15
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا
91:15
He did not fear the consequences. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)