In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the sun and its brightness.
Arabic
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والشمس وضحاها
Shakir
I swear by the sun and its brilliance,
Word by word
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By the moon as it follows it (the sun).
Arabic
والقمر إذا تلاها
Shakir
And the moon when it follows the sun,
Word by word
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By the day as it shows up (the sun's) brightness.
Arabic
والنهار إذا جلاها
Shakir
And the day when it shows it,
Word by word
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By the night as it conceals it (the sun).
Arabic
والليل إذا يغشاها
Shakir
And the night when it draws a veil over it,
Word by word
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By the heaven and Him Who built it.
Arabic
والسماء وما بناها
Shakir
And the heaven and Him Who made it,
Word by word
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By the earth and Him Who spread it.
Arabic
والأرض وما طحاها
Shakir
And the earth and Him Who extended it,
Word by word
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul), and Him Who perfected him in proportion;
Arabic
ونفس وما سواها
Shakir
And the soul and Him Who made it perfect,
Word by word
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him.
Arabic
فألهمها فجورها وتقواها
Shakir
Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong for it;
Word by word
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا
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
Shakir
He will indeed be who purifies it,
Word by word
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا
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
Shakir
And he will indeed fail who corrupts it.
Word by word
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا
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
Shakir
Samood gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy,
Word by word
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
Arabic, with marks
إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel).
Arabic
إذ انبعث أشقاها
Shakir
When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with
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
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.)!
Arabic
فكذبوه فعقروها فدمدم عليهم ربهم بذنبهم فسواها
Shakir
But they called him a liar and slaughtered her, therefore their Lord crushed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground).