وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا

Wash shamsi wa duhaa haa

I CALL TO witness the sun and his early morning splendour,

Surah Number : 91 , Ayat Number : 1

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا

Wal qamari izaa talaa haa

And the moon as she follows in his wake,

Surah Number : 91 , Ayat Number : 2

وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا

Wannahaari izaa jallaa haa

The day when it reveals his radiance,

Surah Number : 91 , Ayat Number : 3

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا

Wallaili izaa yaghshaa haa

The night when it covers him over,

Surah Number : 91 , Ayat Number : 4

وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا

Wassamaaa'i wa maa banaahaa

The heavens and its architecture,

Surah Number : 91 , Ayat Number : 5

وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا

Wal ardi wa maa tahaahaa

The earth and its spreading out,

Surah Number : 91 , Ayat Number : 6

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا

Wa nafsinw wa maa sawwaahaa

The soul and how it was integrated

Surah Number : 91 , Ayat Number : 7

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا

Fa-alhamahaa fujoorahaa wa taqwaahaa

And given the faculty of knowing what is disruptive and what is intrinsic to it.

Surah Number : 91 , Ayat Number : 8

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا

Qad aflaha man zakkaahaa

He who nourishes it will surely be successful,

Surah Number : 91 , Ayat Number : 9

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسَّاهَا

Wa qad khaaba man dassaahaa

And he who confines it will surely come to grief.

Surah Number : 91 , Ayat Number : 10

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا

Kazzabat Samoodu bi taghwaahaaa

The Thamud denied (the truth) in their perverseness

Surah Number : 91 , Ayat Number : 11

إِذِ انْبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا

Izim ba'asa ashqaahaa

When among them the great wretch arose,

Surah Number : 91 , Ayat Number : 12

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا

Faqaala lahum Rasoolul laahi naaqatal laahi wa suqiyaahaa

And the apostle of God had to tell them: "This is God?s she-camel, let her drink."

Surah Number : 91 , Ayat Number : 13

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِذَنْبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا

Fakazzaboohu fa'aqaroohaa fadamdama 'alaihim Rabbuhum bizambihim fasaw waahaa

But they called him a liar and hamstrung her. So God obliterated them for their crime, and (destroyed) all of them alike.

Surah Number : 91 , Ayat Number : 14

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا

Wa laa yakhaafu'uqbaahaa

He does not fear the consequence.

Surah Number : 91 , Ayat Number : 15