The Sun — Yusuf Ali Orig 1938 Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Sun

وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour

Waalshshamsi waduhaha

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

By the Moon as she follows him

Waalqamari itha talaha

وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

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

Waalnnahari itha jallaha

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

By the Night as it conceals it

Waallayli itha yaghshaha

وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure

Waalssama-i wama banaha

وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

By the Earth and its (wide) expanse

Waal-ardi wama tahaha

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

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

Wanafsin wama sawwaha

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right;

Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Truly he succeeds that purifies it

Qad aflaha man zakkaha

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And he fails that corrupts it

Waqad khaba man dassaha

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

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

Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha

إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

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

Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

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

Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

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)

Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And for Him is no fear of its consequences

Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha

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