Chapter 91 of the Qur'an · “The Sun” · 15 verses · revealed in Makkah
91:1 وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَاBy the sun and its morning brightness,
91:2وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَاand by the moon as it follows it,
91:3وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَاand the day as it reveals it,
91:4وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَاand by the night as it veils it,
91:5وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَاby the sky and the one who built it,
91:6وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَاand by the earth and the one who spread it,
91:7وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَاand by the soul and the one who shaped it,
91:8فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَاand inspired it with its wickedness and its God-consciousness,
91:9قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَاSuccessful is the one who purifies it,
91:10وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَاand the one who corrupts it has failed.
91:11كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآThamud denied the truth out of their own transgression,
91:12إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَاwhen the most wretched among them rose up,
91:13فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَاThe Messenger of God said to them, "This is God's she-camel — let her drink."
91:14فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَاBut they called him a liar and hamstrung her, so their Lord crushed them for their sin and leveled it upon them all.
91:15وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَاand he does not fear its outcome.