Al Shams

Transliteration

1 Waalshshamsi waduhaha

Yusuf Ali

1 By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;

Saheeh International

1 By the sun and its brightness

Transliteration

2 Waalqamari itha talaha

Yusuf Ali

2 By the Moon as she follows him;

Saheeh International

2 And [by] the moon when it follows it

Transliteration

3 Waalnnahari itha jallaha

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

3 And [by] the day when it displays it

Transliteration

4 Waallayli itha yaghshaha

Yusuf Ali

4 By the Night as it conceals it;

Saheeh International

4 And [by] the night when it covers it

Transliteration

5 Waalssamai wama banaha

Yusuf Ali

5 By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;

Saheeh International

5 And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

Transliteration

6 Waalardi wama tahaha

Yusuf Ali

6 By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:

Saheeh International

6 And [by] the earth and He who spread it

Transliteration

7 Wanafsin wama sawwaha

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

7 And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

Transliteration

8 Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

8 And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,

Transliteration

9 Qad aflaha man zakkaha

Yusuf Ali

9 Truly he succeeds that purifies it,

Saheeh International

9 He has succeeded who purifies it,

Transliteration

10 Waqad khaba man dassaha

Yusuf Ali

10 And he fails that corrupts it!

Saheeh International

10 And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].

Transliteration

11 Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

11 Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,

Transliteration

12 Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

12 When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

Transliteration

13 Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha

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!"

Saheeh International

13 And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she - camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."

Transliteration

14 Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha

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)!

Saheeh International

14 But they denied him and hamstrung her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].

Transliteration

15 Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha

Yusuf Ali

15 And for Him is no fear of its consequences.

Saheeh International

15 And He does not fear the consequence thereof.