• ﭑ ﭒﭓ

    Transliteration

    waalshshamsi waduhaha

    Yusuf Ali

    By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;

    Saheeh International

    By the sun and its brightness

    Shakir

    I swear by the sun and its brilliance,

    Daryabadi

    By the sun and his morning bright-ness,

    Wahiduddin Khan

    By the sun and its rising brightness

    • ﭔ ﭕ ﭖﭗ

    Transliteration

    waalqamari itha talaha

    Yusuf Ali

    By the Moon as she follows him;

    Saheeh International

    And [by] the moon when it follows it

    Shakir

    And the moon when it follows the sun,

    Daryabadi

    By the moon, when she followeth him,

    Wahiduddin Khan

    and by the moon as it follows it,

    • ﭘ ﭙ ﭚﭛ

    Transliteration

    waalnnahari itha jallaha

    Yusuf Ali

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

    Saheeh International

    And [by] the day when it displays it

    Shakir

    And the day when it shows it,

    Daryabadi

    By the day when it glorifieth him.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    and by the day as it reveals its glory

    • ﭜ ﭝ ﭞﭟ

    Transliteration

    waallayli itha yaghshaha

    Yusuf Ali

    By the Night as it conceals it;

    Saheeh International

    And [by] the night when it covers it

    Shakir

    And the night when it draws a veil over it,

    Daryabadi

    By the night; when it envelopeth him,

    Wahiduddin Khan

    and by the night when it draws a veil over it,

    • ﭠ ﭡ ﭢﭣ

    Transliteration

    waalssamai wama banaha

    Yusuf Ali

    By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;

    Saheeh International

    And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

    Shakir

    And the heaven and Him Who made it,

    Daryabadi

    By the heaven and Him Who builded it,

    Wahiduddin Khan

    by the sky and how He built it

    • ﭤ ﭥ ﭦﭧ

    Transliteration

    waalardi wama tahaha

    Yusuf Ali

    By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:

    Saheeh International

    And [by] the earth and He who spread it

    Shakir

    And the earth and Him Who extended it,

    Daryabadi

    By the earth and Him Who spread it forth,

    Wahiduddin Khan

    and by the earth and how He spread it,

    • ﭨ ﭩ ﭪﭫ

    Transliteration

    wanafsin wama sawwaha

    Yusuf Ali

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

    Saheeh International

    And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

    Shakir

    And the soul and Him Who made it perfect,

    Daryabadi

    By the soul and Him Who propertioned it,

    Wahiduddin Khan

    by the soul and how He formed it,

    • ﭬ ﭭ ﭮﭯ

    Transliteration

    faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha

    Yusuf Ali

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

    Saheeh International

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

    Shakir

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

    Daryabadi

    And inspired it with the wickedness thereof and the piety thereof,

    Wahiduddin Khan

    then inspired it to understand what was right and wrong for it.

    • ﭰ ﭱ ﭲ ﭳﭴ

    Transliteration

    qad aflaha man zakkaha

    Yusuf Ali

    Truly he succeeds that purifies it,

    Saheeh International

    He has succeeded who purifies it,

    Shakir

    He will indeed be successful who purifies it,

    Daryabadi

    Surely blissful is he who hath cleansed, it,

    Wahiduddin Khan

    He who purifies it will indeed be successful,

    • ﭵ ﭶ ﭷ ﭸﭹ

    Transliteration

    waqad khaba man dassaha

    Yusuf Ali

    And he fails that corrupts it!

    Saheeh International

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

    Shakir

    And he will indeed fail who corrupts it.

    Daryabadi

    And miserable is he who hath buried it.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    and he who corrupts it is sure to fail.

    • ﭺ ﭻ ﭼﭽ

    Transliteration

    kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha

    Yusuf Ali

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

    Saheeh International

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

    Shakir

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

    Daryabadi

    Thamud belied in their exorbitance.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    The Thamud tribe rejected the truth because of their arrogance,

    • ﭾ ﭿ ﮀﮁ

    Transliteration

    ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha

    Yusuf Ali

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

    Saheeh International

    When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

    Shakir

    When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with

    Daryabadi

    What time the greatest wretch of them rose up.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    when the most wicked man among them rose up.

    • ﮂ ﮃ ﮄ ﮅ ﮆ ﮇ ﮈﮉ

    Transliteration

    faqala lahum rasoolu allahi naqata allahi wasuqyaha

    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!"

    Saheeh International

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

    Shakir

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

    Daryabadi

    Then the apostle of Allah said Unto them: beware of the she-camel of Allah and her drink.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    Then the messenger of God said to them, ‘This is God’s she-camel. Let her drink.’

    • ﮊ ﮋ ﮌ ﮍ ﮎ ﮏ ﮐﮑ

    Transliteration

    fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha

    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)!

    Saheeh 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].

    Shakir

    But they called him a liar and slaughtered her, therefore their Lord crushed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground).

    Daryabadi

    Then they belied him, and they hamstrung her; wherefore their Lord overwhelmed them for their crime, and made it equal.

    Wahiduddin Khan

    But they gave him the lie, and hamstrung the she-camel. So their Lord destroyed them for their crime and razed their city to the ground.

    • ﮒ ﮓ ﮔﮕ

    Transliteration

    wala yakhafu AAuqbaha

    Yusuf Ali

    And for Him is no fear of its consequences.

    Saheeh International

    And He does not fear the consequence thereof.

    Shakir

    And He fears not its consequence.

    Daryabadi

    And He feared not the consequence thereof

    Wahiduddin Khan

    He did not fear the consequences.