Qarib: by the day, when it displays it,
Sarwar: by the day when it brightens the earth,
Shakir: And the day when it shows it,
Pickthall: And the day when it revealeth him,
Yusufali: By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;

Qarib: by the night, when it envelops it!
Sarwar: by the night when it covers the earth with darkness,
Shakir: And the night when it draws a veil over it,
Pickthall: And the night when it enshroudeth him,
Yusufali: By the Night as it conceals it;

Qarib: By the heaven and Who built it,
Sarwar: by the heavens and that (Power) which established them,
Shakir: And the heaven and Him Who made it,
Pickthall: And the heaven and Him Who built it,
Yusufali: By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;

Qarib: by the earth and Who spread it,
Sarwar: by the earth and that (Power) which spread it out
Shakir: And the earth and Him Who extended it,
Pickthall: And the earth and Him Who spread it,
Yusufali: By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:

Qarib: by the soul and Who shaped it
Sarwar: and by the soul and that (Power) which designed it
Shakir: And the soul and Him Who made it perfect,
Pickthall: And a soul and Him Who perfected it
Yusufali: By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;

Qarib: and inspired it with its sin and its piety,
Sarwar: and inspired it with knowledge of evil and piety,
Shakir: Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong for it;
Pickthall: And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it.
Yusufali: And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right;-

Qarib: prosperous is he who purified it,
Sarwar: those who purify their souls will certainly have everlasting happiness
Shakir: He will indeed be successful who purifies it,
Pickthall: He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow,
Yusufali: Truly he succeeds that purifies it,

Qarib: and failed is he who buried it!
Sarwar: and those who corrupt their souls will certainly be deprived (of happiness).
Shakir: And he will indeed fail who corrupts it
Pickthall: And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.
Yusufali: And he fails that corrupts it!

Qarib: Thamood belied in their pride
Sarwar: The people of Thamud rejected (the truth) as a result of their rebelliousness
Shakir: Samood gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy,
Pickthall: (The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride,
Yusufali: The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong-doing,

Qarib: when the most wicked of them broke forth,
Sarwar: when the most corrupt of them incited them (to commit evil).
Shakir: When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with
Pickthall: When the basest of them broke forth
Yusufali: Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).