By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul), and Him Who perfected him in proportion;
Shakir
And the soul and Him Who made it perfect,
Arabic, with marks
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا
Arabic
ونفس وما سواها
Word by word
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him.
Shakir
Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong for it;
Arabic, with marks
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا
Arabic
فألهمها فجورها وتقواها
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).
Shakir
He will indeed be who purifies it,
Arabic, with marks
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا
Arabic
قد أفلح من زكاها
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).
Shakir
And he will indeed fail who corrupts it.
Arabic, with marks
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا
Arabic
وقد خاب من دساها
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).
Shakir
Samood gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy,
Arabic, with marks
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا
Arabic
كذبت ثمود بطغواها
Word by word
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel).
Shakir
When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with
Arabic, with marks
إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا
Arabic
إذ انبعث أشقاها
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!"
Shakir
So Allah's apostle said to them (Leave alone) Allah's she - camel, and (give) her (to) 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.)!
Shakir
But they called him a liar and slaughtered her, therefore their Lord crushed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground).