Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
and truly lost is he who buries it [in darkness]
M. M. Pickthall
And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
And he fails that corrupts it
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
and doomed is the one who corrupts it!
Safi Kaskas
and failing is he who corrupts it. [91:10)
Wahiduddin Khan
and he who corrupts it is sure to fail
Shakir
And he will indeed fail who corrupts it
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Surely, is frustrated whoever seduced it.
T.B.Irving
while whoever neglects to do so will be disappointed.
Abdul Hye
and indeed one will fail who corrupts him (disobey Allah).
The Study Quran
And indeed he fails who obscures it
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
And doomed is the one who taints it.
Talal Itani (2012)
Failing is he who corrupts it
Dr. Kamal Omar
And indeed he lost who corrupted her (i.e., the Nafs )
and indeed failure will be the one who corrupts it
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And he has already been disappointed who stunts it
Muhammad Sarwar
and those who corrupt their souls will certainly be deprived (of happiness)
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
and failure is really suffered by him who pollutes it
Shabbir Ahmed
And failure is indeed he who keeps it buried (under ignorance and superstition)
Dr. Munir Munshey
A (dismal) failure is the one who (suppressed and) debased (his soul)
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And he fails who corrupts it
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption]
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
And failing is the one who buries it
Abdel Haleem
and the one who corrupts it fails
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And miserable is he who hath buried it
Ahmed Ali
And he who confines it will surely come to grief
Aisha Bewley
he who covers it up has failed.
Ali Ünal
And he is indeed lost who has corrupted it (in self-aggrandizing rebellion against God)
Ali Quli Qara'i
and one who betrays it fails
Hamid S. Aziz
And he indeed is a failure who corrupts it
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
and anyone who corrupts it, has failed.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
And she fail who corrupts it
Musharraf Hussain
and whoever was immoral failed himself.
Maududi
and he who suppresses it will be ruined
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
And failing is the one who hides it.
Mohammad Shafi
And, certainly, the one who corrupts it is ruined
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And he failed who covered it in sin.
Failing is one who neglects it
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
and failed is he who buried it
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And he indeed fails who buries it
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
And who buried it/plotted against it (corrupted it) had failed/despaired
Bijan Moeinian
The looser, on the contrary, is the one who does not believe in good and evil as indicated by God and commits evil deeds
Faridul Haque
And indeed failed is the one who covered it in sin
Sher Ali
And he is ruined who corrupts it
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
But the one who corrupts himself (in sins and suppresses virtue) is doomed indeed
Amatul Rahman Omar
And he indeed is ruined who corrupts it
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And indeed he fails who corrupts his ownself (i.e. disobeys what Allah has ordered by rejecting the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism or by following polytheism, etc. or by doing every kind of evil wicked deeds)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And indeed he lost one who has stunted it.
Munir Mezyed
And verily he who plunges himself into iniquity is doomed to perdition.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And failed has he who allows it to transgress,
Linda “iLHam” Barto
He/she fails who corrupts it.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
and surely, failing is the one who has stunted it.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
while whoever neglects to do so will be disappointed.
Samy Mahdy
And already was disappointed whoever polluted it.
Sayyid Qutb
and ruined is the one who corrupts it.
Ahmed Hulusi
And he who buries and hides (his consciousness by pursuing unconscious impulses) has lost.
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
while he who corrupts it will fail
And a loser indeed will be he who has perverted himself and by the hand of sin he is bound
Mir Aneesuddin
and he indeed fails who buries it .
The Wise Quran
And certainly disappointed is he who corrupted it.