Kitab

Al Shams

Chapter 91, 15 verses

  • Yusuf Ali
  • Pickthall
Yusuf Ali

By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;

Pickthall

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the sun and his brightness,

Yusuf Ali

By the Moon as she follows him;

Pickthall

And the moon when she followeth him,

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

And the day when it revealeth him,

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By the Night as it conceals it;

Pickthall

And the night when it enshroudeth him,

Yusuf Ali

By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;

Pickthall

And the heaven and Him Who built it,

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By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:

Pickthall

And the earth and Him Who spread it,

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

Pickthall

And a soul and Him Who perfected it

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it.

Yusuf Ali

Truly he succeeds that purifies it,

Pickthall

He is indeed who causeth it to grow,

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And he fails that corrupts it!

Pickthall

And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

(The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride,

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

When the basest of them broke forth

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!"

Pickthall

And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she - camel of Allah, so let her drink!

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)!

Pickthall

But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings).

Yusuf Ali

And for Him is no fear of its consequences.

Pickthall

He dreadeth not the sequel (of events).

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