# 91. Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 7 - **Surah:** 91. Surah Ash-Shams (The Sun) — سورة الشمس - **Verse:** 7 / 15 · **Juz:** 30 · **Mushaf page:** 594 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-ash-shams/verse-7 ## Arabic وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوّٰيهَاۙۖ ## Transcription Wanafsin wama sawwaha ## Translations ### Aisha Bewley and the self and what proportioned it ### Progressive Muslims And a soul and what He made. ### Shabbir Ahmed Consider the human 'Self, and how it is capable for being balanced out. ### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation And by a soul and Him that fashioned it, ### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation And a soul and what He made. ### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament The soul and Him who created it. ### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira The soul and how it was integrated ### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley) And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it ### Muhammad Asad Consider the human self, and how it is formed in accordance with what it is meant to be, ### Marmaduke Pickthall And a soul and Him Who perfected it ### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary and by the soul and by Him Who perfectly proportioned it,[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] Proportioned it: Gave man such a body which by virtue of its erect stature, its hands and feet, and its brain was most appropriate for him to live as man in the world. He blessed him with the senses of sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell which on account of their combination and their characteristics could become the best means of obtaining knowledge for him. He endowed him with the faculties of thinking, reasoning, imagination, memory, discrimination, judgment, will-power and such other mental powers by virtue of which he is able to perform the functions fit for man in the world. In addition, proportioning also means that man was not created a sinner by birth and a criminal by instinct but on right and sound nature, and was not characterized with any inborn crookedness because of which he may be unable to adopt the right path even if he wanted to do so. This same thing has been expressed in Surah Ar-Room, saying: Be steadfast on the nature whereupon Allah has created mankind, (verse 30), and the same has been explained by the Prophet (peace be upon him) in a Hadith, saying: Every new-born child is born on true human nature; it is his parents who make him a Jew or a Christian or a Magian afterwards. Its example is of an animal giving birth to complete and sound young one. Do you find any one with a torn or slit ear? (Bukhari, Muslim). That is, it is the polytheistic people who on account of their superstitions of ignorance tear and slit the ears of animals afterwards; otherwise God does not cause an animal to be born with torn ears from its mother’s belly. In another Hadith the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: My Lord says: I had created all My servants on true faith (i.e. on sound nature); then the satans came and led them astray from their faith (i.e.. the true natural faith) and made unlawful what I had made lawful for them, and commanded them to associate with Me those for whom I had sent down no authority. (Musnad Ahmad; Muslim also has related a saying from the Prophet (peace be upon him) in similar words). ### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab And by the soul and how it was made to comprehend the difference between right and wrong and how its contrary attributes were divinely inducted ### Bijan Moeinian And by the life itself which is going through evolution toward being perfect. ### Al-Hilali & Khan By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul), and Him Who perfected him in proportion; ### Abdullah Yusuf Ali By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it; ### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran And by the soul and ˹the One˺ Who fashioned it, ### Taqi Usmani and by the soul, and the One who made it well, ### Abdul Haleem by the soul and how He formed it ### Arthur John Arberry By the soul, and That which shaped it ### E. Henry Palmer And the soul and what fashioned it, and taught it ### Hamid S. Aziz And the soul and Who fashioned it, ### Mahmoud Ghali And (by) the self and That (i. e., The Command) which molded it, ### George Sale by the soul, and Him who completely formed it, ### Syed Vickar Ahamed And by the soul and the proportion and order given to it; ### Amatul Rahman Omar And the (human) soul and That (Mighty Lord) Who made it perfect, ### Ali Quli Qarai by the soul and Him who fashioned it, ### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü Nefse (bilince) ve onu düzenleyene; ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı Nefse ve ona 'bir düzen içinde biçim verene', ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali - Güneşe ve onun aydınlık veren parlaklığına; onu izlediğinde aya; güneşi açığa çıkardığında gündüze; güneşi örttüğünde geceye; göğe ve onu bina edene; yere ve onu döşeyene; nefse ve onu şekillendirene; nefse, kötülüğe ve korunmaya açık özelliklerini verene yemin olsun ki, ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali (7-9) Nefse ve onu düzgün bir biçimde şekillendirip ona kötülük duygusunu ve takvasını (kötülükten sakınma yeteneğini) ilham edene andolsun ki, nefsini arındıran kurtuluşa ermiştir. ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Ve bir nefse ve onu düzenliyene ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) nefse ve onu düzenleyene, ### Gültekin Onan Nefse ve ona 'bir düzen içinde biçim verene', ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim herbir nefse ve onu düzenleyene, ### İbni Kesir Nefse ve onu düzenleyene, ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı İnsan benliğini düşün ve onun nasıl (yaratılış) amacına uygun şekillendirildiğini; ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı Cana ve onu düzenleyene. ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Nefse ve onu biçimlendirene, ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali Nefse ve onu düzgün bir biçimde şekillendirene. ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an İnsan benliği ve onun yaratılış amacına uygun biçimlenişi şahit olsun; ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Ve nefse[1] ve onu biçimlendirene, _Footnotes_ - [1] Kimseye, kişiye ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek Benliğe ve onu düzenleyene! ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali nefis ve onun dengesini kuran Allah, sizin için daha önemlidir[1], _Footnotes_ - [1] Anne karnında 15. haftanın sonuna kadar herhangi bir hayvanla aynı özelliklere sahip olan insan, 15. haftanın sonundan sonra ruh üflenmesiyle birlikte diğer insanlarla eşit hale gelir. ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir Nefse (insana) ve onu biçimlendirene, ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Ve nefse[1] ve onu biçimlendirene, _Footnotes_ - [1] İnsana, kimseye, kişiye ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an Ve nefse[1] ve onu biçimlendirene, _Footnotes_ - [1] İnsana, kimseye, kişiye ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali kişiye ve ona son şeklini verene[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] [İnfitar 82/7.](https://quran.so/82/7) ## Words | # | word | meaning | root | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | وَنَفْسٍۢ — wanafsin | And (the) soul | نفس — Nun-Fe-Sin | | 2 | وَمَا — wamā | and (He) Who | — | | 3 | سَوَّىٰهَا — sawwāhā | proportioned it | سوي — Sin-Vav-Ye | --- Previous: https://quran.so/surah-ash-shams/verse-6.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-ash-shams/verse-8.md Retrieved: 2026-08-12 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.