Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Part 378

P: And to feed in the day of hunger.

S: Or the giving of food in a day of hunger

090.015 Y: To the orphan with claims of relations.h.i.+p,

P: An orphan near of kin,

S: To an orphan, having relations.h.i.+p,

090.016 Y: Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.

P: Or some poor wretch in misery,

S: Or to the poor man lying in the dust.

090.017 Y: Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self-restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compa.s.sion.

P: And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.

S: Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compa.s.sion.

090.018 Y: Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.

P: Their place will be on the right hand.

S: These are the people of the right hand.

090.019 Y: But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.

P: But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.

S: And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.

090.020 Y: On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).

P: Fire will be an awning over them.

S: On them is fire closed over.

Chapter 91:

ASH-SHAMS (THE SUN) Total Verses: 15 Revealed At: MAKKA

In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

091.001 Y: By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;

P: By the sun and his brightness,

S: I swear by the sun and its brilliance,

091.002 Y: By the Moon as she follows him;

P: And the moon when she followeth him,

S: And the moon when it follows the sun,

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

P: And the day when it revealeth him,

S: And the day when it shows it,

091.004 Y: By the Night as it conceals it;

P: And the night when it enshroudeth him,

S: And the night when it draws a veil over it,

091.005 Y: By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;

P: And the heaven and Him Who built it,

S: And the heaven and Him Who made it,

091.006 Y: By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:

P: And the earth and Him Who spread it,

S: And the earth and Him Who extended it,

091.007 Y: By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;

P: And a soul and Him Who perfected it

S: And the soul and Him Who made it perfect,

091.008 Y: And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right;-

P: And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it.

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

091.009 Y: Truly he succeeds that purifies it,