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Mohammad Habib Shakir

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87 Al-'A`lá ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
87:1 سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى
87:1
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
87:2 ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
87:2
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Who creates, then makes complete,
87:3 وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
87:3
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
87:4 وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ
87:4
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And Who brings forth herbage,
87:5 فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ
87:5
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Then makes it dried up, dust-colored.
87:6 سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ
87:6
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
87:7 إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
87:7
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.
87:8 وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
87:8
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
87:9 فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
87:9
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
87:10 سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
87:10
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
He who fears will mind,
87:11 وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى
87:11
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
87:12 ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
87:12
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Who shall enter the great fire;
87:13 ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
87:13
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
87:14 قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
87:14
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself,
87:15 وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
87:15
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
87:16 بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
87:16
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
87:17 وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ
87:17
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
87:18 إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
87:18
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
87:19 صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ
87:19
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.