Ash-Shams

Sahih International

By the sun and its brightness

Yusuf Ali

By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;

Pickthall

By the sun and his brightness,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا

Sahih International

And [by] the moon when it follows it

Yusuf Ali

By the Moon as she follows him;

Pickthall

And the moon when she followeth him,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا

Sahih International

And [by] the day when it displays it

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

And the day when it revealeth him,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا

Sahih International

And [by] the night when it covers it

Yusuf Ali

By the Night as it conceals it;

Pickthall

And the night when it enshroudeth him,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا

Sahih International

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

Yusuf Ali

By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;

Pickthall

And the heaven and Him Who built it,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا

Sahih International

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

Yusuf Ali

By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:

Pickthall

And the earth and Him Who spread it,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا

Sahih International

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

And a soul and Him Who perfected it

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا

Sahih International

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

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.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا

Sahih International

He has succeeded who purifies it,

Yusuf Ali

Truly he succeeds that purifies it,

Pickthall

He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

And he fails that corrupts it!

Pickthall

And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسَّاهَا

Sahih International

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

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,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا

Sahih International

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

When the basest of them broke forth

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

إِذِ انْبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا

Sahih International

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

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!

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا

Sahih International

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

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).

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِذَنْبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا

Sahih International

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.

Yusuf Ali

And for Him is no fear of its consequences.

Pickthall

He dreadeth not the sequel (of events).

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا