Al Shams

Yusuf Ali

1 By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;

Shakir

1 I swear by the sun and its brilliance,

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

2 By the Moon as she follows him;

Shakir

2 And the moon when it follows the sun,

Pickthall

2 And the moon when she followeth him,

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

3 And the day when it shows it,

Pickthall

3 And the day when it revealeth him,

Yusuf Ali

4 By the Night as it conceals it;

Shakir

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

Pickthall

4 And the night when it enshroudeth him,

Yusuf Ali

5 By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;

Shakir

5 And the heaven and Him Who made it,

Pickthall

5 And 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,

Pickthall

6 And 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,

Pickthall

7 And a soul and Him Who perfected it

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;

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

9 Truly he succeeds that purifies it,

Shakir

9 He will indeed be successful who purifies it,

Pickthall

9 He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow,

Yusuf Ali

10 And he fails that corrupts it!

Shakir

10 And he will indeed fail who corrupts it.

Pickthall

10 And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.

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,

Pickthall

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

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

Pickthall

12 When the basest of them broke forth

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.

Pickthall

13 And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she - camel of Allah, so let her 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).

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

15 And for Him is no fear of its consequences.

Shakir

15 And He fears not its consequence.

Pickthall

15 He dreadeth not the sequel (of events).