By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul), and Him Who perfected him in proportion;
Arabic
ونفس وما سواها
Yusuf Ali
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
Arabic, with marks
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا
Word by word
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him.
Arabic
فألهمها فجورها وتقواها
Yusuf Ali
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
Arabic, with marks
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا
Word by word
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself (i.e. obeys and performs all that Allah ordered, by following the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism and by doing righteous good deeds).
Arabic
قد أفلح من زكاها
Yusuf Ali
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
Arabic, with marks
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا
Word by word
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And indeed he fails who corrupts his ownself (i.e. disobeys what Allah has ordered by rejecting the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism or by following polytheism or by doing every kind of evil wicked deeds).
Arabic
وقد خاب من دساها
Yusuf Ali
And he fails that corrupts it!
Arabic, with marks
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا
Word by word
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Thamud (people) denied (their Prophet) through their transgression (by rejecting the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism, and by following polytheism, and by committing every kind of sin).
Arabic
كذبت ثمود بطغواها
Yusuf Ali
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
Arabic, with marks
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا
Word by word
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel).
Arabic
إذ انبعث أشقاها
Yusuf Ali
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
Arabic, with marks
إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا
Word by word
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
But the Messenger of Allah [Salih عليه السلام] said to them: "Be cautious! (Fear the evil end). That is the she-camel of Allah! (Do not harm it) and bar it not from having its drink!"
Arabic
فقال لهم رسول الله ناقة الله وسقياها
Yusuf Ali
But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She - camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!"
Then they denied him and they killed it. So their Lord destroyed them because of their sin, and made them equal in destruction (i.e. all grades of people, rich and poor, strong and weak, etc.)!
Arabic
فكذبوه فعقروها فدمدم عليهم ربهم بذنبهم فسواها
Yusuf Ali
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)!