Quran 87, Al-A'la (The Highest)

87:1Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى

87:2Who createth, then disposeth;

الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّى

87:3Who measureth, then guideth;

وَالَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَى

87:4Who bringeth forth the pasturage,

وَالَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعَى

87:5Then turneth it to russet stubble.

فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَاءً أَحْوَى

87:6We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنْسَى

87:7Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;

إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَى

87:8And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَى

87:9Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.

فَذَكِّرْ إِنْ نَفَعَتِ الذِّكْرَى

87:11But the most hapless will flout it,

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى

87:12He who will be flung to the great Fire

الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرَى

87:13Wherein he will neither die nor live.

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَى

87:14He is successful who groweth,

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ تَزَكَّى

87:15And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,

وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّى

87:16But ye prefer the life of the world

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

87:17Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَى

87:18Lo! This is in the former scrolls.

إِنَّ هَذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَى

87:19The Books of Abraham and Moses.

صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَى

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