Al Shams

Yusuf Ali

1 By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;

Transliteration

1 Waalshshamsi waduhaha

Shakir

1 I swear by the sun and its brilliance,

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2 By the Moon as she follows him;

Transliteration

2 Waalqamari itha talaha

Shakir

2 And the moon when it follows the sun,

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3 By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;

Transliteration

3 Waalnnahari itha jallaha

Shakir

3 And the day when it shows it,

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4 By the Night as it conceals it;

Transliteration

4 Waallayli itha yaghshaha

Shakir

4 And the night when it draws a veil over it,

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5 By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;

Transliteration

5 Waalssamai wama banaha

Shakir

5 And the heaven and Him Who made it,

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6 By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:

Transliteration

6 Waalardi wama tahaha

Shakir

6 And the earth and Him Who extended it,

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7 By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;

Transliteration

7 Wanafsin wama sawwaha

Shakir

7 And the soul and Him Who made it perfect,

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8 And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -

Transliteration

8 Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha

Shakir

8 Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong for it;

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9 Truly he succeeds that purifies it,

Transliteration

9 Qad aflaha man zakkaha

Shakir

9 He will indeed be successful who purifies it,

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10 And he fails that corrupts it!

Transliteration

10 Waqad khaba man dassaha

Shakir

10 And he will indeed fail who corrupts it.

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11 The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,

Transliteration

11 Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha

Shakir

11 Samood gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy,

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12 Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).

Transliteration

12 Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha

Shakir

12 When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with

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13 But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She - camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!"

Transliteration

13 Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha

Shakir

13 So Allah's apostle said to them (Leave alone) Allah's she - camel, and (give) her (to) drink.

Yusuf Ali

14 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)!

Transliteration

14 Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha

Shakir

14 But they called him a liar and slaughtered her, therefore their Lord crushed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground).

Yusuf Ali

15 And for Him is no fear of its consequences.

Transliteration

15 Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha

Shakir

15 And He fears not its consequence.