ASH-SHAMS (THE SUN)
091.001
YUSUFALI:
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
PICKTHAL:
By the sun and his brightness,
SHAKIR:
I swear by the sun and its brilliance,
091.002
YUSUFALI:
By the Moon as she follows him;
PICKTHAL:
And the moon when she followeth him,
SHAKIR:
And the moon when it follows the sun,
091.003
YUSUFALI:
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
PICKTHAL:
And the day when it revealeth him,
SHAKIR:
And the day when it shows it,
091.004
YUSUFALI:
By the Night as it conceals it;
PICKTHAL:
And the night when it enshroudeth him,
SHAKIR:
And the night when it draws a veil over it,
091.005
YUSUFALI:
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
PICKTHAL:
And the heaven and Him Who built it,
SHAKIR:
And the heaven and Him Who made it,
091.006
YUSUFALI:
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
PICKTHAL:
And the earth and Him Who spread it,
SHAKIR:
And the earth and Him Who extended it,
091.007
YUSUFALI:
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
PICKTHAL:
And a soul and Him Who perfected it
SHAKIR:
And the soul and Him Who made it perfect,
091.008
YUSUFALI:
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right;-
PICKTHAL:
And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and
(what is) right for it.
SHAKIR:
Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong
for it;
091.009
YUSUFALI:
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
PICKTHAL:
He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow,
SHAKIR:
He will indeed be successful who purifies it,
091.010
YUSUFALI:
And he fails that corrupts it!
PICKTHAL:
And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.
SHAKIR:
And he will indeed fail who corrupts it.
091.011
YUSUFALI:
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their
inordinate wrong-doing,
PICKTHAL:
(The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious
pride,
SHAKIR:
Samood gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy,
091.012
YUSUFALI:
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for
impiety).
PICKTHAL:
When the basest of them broke forth
SHAKIR:
When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with
091.013
YUSUFALI:
But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She-camel of
Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!"
PICKTHAL:
And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she-camel of Allah,
so let her drink!
SHAKIR:
So Allah's messenger said to them (Leave alone) Allah's
she-camel, and (give) her (to) drink.
091.014
YUSUFALI:
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)!
PICKTHAL:
But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed
them for their sin and rased (their dwellings).
SHAKIR:
But they called him a liar and slaughtered her,
therefore their Lord crushed them for their sin and levelled
them (with the ground).
091.015
YUSUFALI:
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.
PICKTHAL:
He dreadeth not the sequel (of events).
SHAKIR:
And He fears not its consequence.