بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
91:1
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
91:1
I CALL TO witness the sun and his early morning splendour, - Ahmed Ali (English)
91:2
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
91:2
And the moon as she follows in his wake, - Ahmed Ali (English)
91:3
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
91:3
The day when it reveals his radiance, - Ahmed Ali (English)
91:4
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
91:4
The night when it covers him over, - Ahmed Ali (English)
91:5
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
91:5
The heavens and its architecture, - Ahmed Ali (English)
91:6
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
91:6
The earth and its spreading out, - Ahmed Ali (English)
91:7
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
91:7
The soul and how it was integrated - Ahmed Ali (English)
91:8
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
91:8
And given the faculty of knowing what is disruptive and what is intrinsic to it. - Ahmed Ali (English)
91:9
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
91:9
He who nourishes it will surely be successful, - Ahmed Ali (English)
91:10
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
91:10
And he who confines it will surely come to grief. - Ahmed Ali (English)
91:11
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
91:11
The Thamud denied (the truth) in their perverseness - Ahmed Ali (English)
91:12
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
91:12
When among them the great wretch arose, - Ahmed Ali (English)
91:13
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا
91:13
And the apostle of God had to tell them: "This is God's she-camel, let her drink." - Ahmed Ali (English)
91:14
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
91:14
But they called him a liar and hamstrung her. So God obliterated them for their crime, and (destroyed) all of them alike. - Ahmed Ali (English)
91:15
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا
91:15
He does not fear the consequence. - Ahmed Ali (English)