Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And by a soul and Him that fashioned it,

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوّٰيهَاۙۖ
Wanafsin wama sawwaha
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1wanafsinAnd (the) soulنفس
2wamāand (He) Who
3sawwāhāproportioned itسوي
  • 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.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    A person 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 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,

  • 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,