Al Shams

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the sun and his brightness,

Yusuf Ali

1 By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;

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2 And the moon when she followeth him,

Yusuf Ali

2 By the Moon as she follows him;

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3 And the day when it revealeth him,

Yusuf Ali

3 By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;

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4 And the night when it enshroudeth him,

Yusuf Ali

4 By the Night as it conceals it;

Pickthall

5 And the heaven and Him Who built it,

Yusuf Ali

5 By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;

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6 And the earth and Him Who spread it,

Yusuf Ali

6 By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:

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7 And a soul and Him Who perfected it

Yusuf Ali

7 By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;

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8 And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it.

Yusuf Ali

8 And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -

Pickthall

9 He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow,

Yusuf Ali

9 Truly he succeeds that purifies it,

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10 And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.

Yusuf Ali

10 And he fails that corrupts it!

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11 (The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride,

Yusuf Ali

11 The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,

Pickthall

12 When the basest of them broke forth

Yusuf Ali

12 Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).

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13 And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she - camel of Allah, so let her drink!

Yusuf Ali

13 But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She - camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!"

Pickthall

14 But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings).

Yusuf Ali

14 Then they rejected him (as a false prophet), and they hamstrung her. So their Lord, on account of their crime, obliterated their traces and made them equal (in destruction, high and low)!

Pickthall

15 He dreadeth not the sequel (of events).

Yusuf Ali

15 And for Him is no fear of its consequences.