ASH-SHAMS (THE SUN)
Total Verses: 15
Revealed At: MAKKA
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
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YUSUFALI: By the Sun and his (glorious)
splendour;
PICKTHAL: By the sun and his brightness,
SHAKIR: I swear by the sun and its
brilliance,
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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,
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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,
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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,
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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,
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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,
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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,
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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;
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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,
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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.
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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,
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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
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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.
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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).
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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.