Al Shams

Yusuf Ali

1 By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;

Shakir

1 I swear by the sun and its brilliance,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the sun and its brightness.

Yusuf Ali

2 By the Moon as she follows him;

Shakir

2 And the moon when it follows the sun,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 By the moon as it follows it (the sun).

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

3 And the day when it shows it,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 By the day as it shows up (the sun's) brightness.

Yusuf Ali

4 By the Night as it conceals it;

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 By the night as it conceals it (the sun).

Yusuf Ali

5 By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;

Shakir

5 And the heaven and Him Who made it,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 By the heaven and Him Who built it.

Yusuf Ali

6 By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:

Shakir

6 And the earth and Him Who extended it,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 By the earth and Him Who spread it.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

7 And the soul and Him Who made it perfect,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul), and Him Who perfected him in proportion;

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him.

Yusuf Ali

9 Truly he succeeds that purifies it,

Shakir

9 He will indeed be successful who purifies it,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 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

10 And he fails that corrupts it!

Shakir

10 And he will indeed fail who corrupts it.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 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

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

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 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

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

Shakir

12 When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel).

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 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

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)!

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).

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 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

15 And for Him is no fear of its consequences.

Shakir

15 And He fears not its consequence.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 And He (Allah) feared not the consequences thereof.