In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the sun and its brightness.
Yusuf Ali
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
Word by word
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا
Arabic
والقمر إذا تلاها
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By the moon as it follows it (the sun).
Yusuf Ali
By the Moon as she follows him;
Word by word
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا
Arabic
والنهار إذا جلاها
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By the day as it shows up (the sun's) brightness.
Yusuf Ali
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
Word by word
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا
Arabic
والليل إذا يغشاها
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By the night as it conceals it (the sun).
Yusuf Ali
By the Night as it conceals it;
Word by word
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا
Arabic
والسماء وما بناها
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By the heaven and Him Who built it.
Yusuf Ali
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
Word by word
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا
Arabic
والأرض وما طحاها
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By the earth and Him Who spread it.
Yusuf Ali
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
Word by word
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا
Arabic
ونفس وما سواها
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul), and Him Who perfected him in proportion;
Yusuf Ali
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
Word by word
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا
Arabic
فألهمها فجورها وتقواها
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him.
Yusuf Ali
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
Word by word
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا
Arabic
قد أفلح من زكاها
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).
Yusuf Ali
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
Word by word
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا
Arabic
وقد خاب من دساها
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).
Yusuf Ali
And he fails that corrupts it!
Word by word
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا
Arabic
كذبت ثمود بطغواها
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).
Yusuf Ali
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
Word by word
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
Arabic, with marks
إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا
Arabic
إذ انبعث أشقاها
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel).
Yusuf Ali
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
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!"
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.)!
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)!