In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the sun and its brightness.
Arabic
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والشمس وضحاها
Word by word
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا
Yusuf Ali
By the Moon as she follows him;
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By the moon as it follows it (the sun).
Arabic
والقمر إذا تلاها
Word by word
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا
Yusuf Ali
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By the day as it shows up (the sun's) brightness.
Arabic
والنهار إذا جلاها
Word by word
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا
Yusuf Ali
By the Night as it conceals it;
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By the night as it conceals it (the sun).
Arabic
والليل إذا يغشاها
Word by word
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا
Yusuf Ali
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By the heaven and Him Who built it.
Arabic
والسماء وما بناها
Word by word
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا
Yusuf Ali
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By the earth and Him Who spread it.
Arabic
والأرض وما طحاها
Word by word
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا
Yusuf Ali
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul), and Him Who perfected him in proportion;
Arabic
ونفس وما سواها
Word by word
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا
Yusuf Ali
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him.
Arabic
فألهمها فجورها وتقواها
Word by word
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا
Yusuf Ali
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
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
Word by word
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا
Yusuf Ali
And he fails that corrupts it!
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
Word by word
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
Arabic, with marks
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا
Yusuf Ali
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
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
Word by word
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
Arabic, with marks
إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا
Yusuf Ali
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel).
But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She - camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!"
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!"
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)!
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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.)!