91. Ash-Shams سُورَةُ الشَّمۡسِ

Yusuf AliBy the Sun and his (glorious) splendour

Saheeh InternationalBy the sun and its brightness

Yusuf AliBy the Moon as she follows him

Saheeh InternationalAnd [by] the moon when it follows it

Yusuf AliBy the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory

Saheeh InternationalAnd [by] the day when it displays it

Yusuf AliBy the Night as it conceals it

Saheeh InternationalAnd [by] the night when it covers it

Yusuf AliBy the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure

Saheeh InternationalAnd [by] the sky and He who constructed it

Yusuf AliBy the Earth and its (wide) expanse

Saheeh InternationalAnd [by] the earth and He who spread it

Yusuf AliBy the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it

Saheeh InternationalAnd [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

Yusuf AliAnd its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right

Saheeh InternationalAnd inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness

Yusuf AliTruly he succeeds that purifies it

Saheeh InternationalHe has succeeded who purifies it

Yusuf AliAnd he fails that corrupts it

Saheeh InternationalAnd he has failed who instills it [with corruption]

Yusuf AliThe Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong-doing

Saheeh InternationalThamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression

Yusuf AliBehold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety)

Saheeh InternationalWhen the most wretched of them was sent forth

Yusuf AliBut the Apostle of God said to them: "It is a She-camel of God! And (bar her not from) having her drink

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

Yusuf AliThen 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 InternationalBut 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 AliAnd for Him is no fear of its consequences

Saheeh InternationalAnd He does not fear the consequence thereof