Al Shams

Yusuf Ali

1 By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

1 By the sun and its brightness

Yusuf Ali

2 By the Moon as she follows him;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

2 And [by] the moon when it follows it

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

3 And [by] the day when it displays it

Yusuf Ali

4 By the Night as it conceals it;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

4 And [by] the night when it covers it

Yusuf Ali

5 By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 By the heaven and Him Who built it.

Saheeh International

5 And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

Yusuf Ali

6 By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 By the earth and Him Who spread it.

Saheeh International

6 And [by] the earth and He who spread it

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

7 And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

8 And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,

Yusuf Ali

9 Truly he succeeds that 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).

Saheeh International

9 He has succeeded who purifies it,

Yusuf Ali

10 And he fails that 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).

Saheeh International

10 And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].

Yusuf Ali

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

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).

Saheeh International

11 Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

12 When the most wretched of them was sent 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!"

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!"

Saheeh International

13 And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she - camel of Allah or [prevent her from] 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)!

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.)!

Saheeh International

14 But they denied him and hamstrung her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].

Yusuf Ali

15 And for Him is no fear of its consequences.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

15 And He does not fear the consequence thereof.