Selected

Original Text
A. J. Arberry

Available Translations

87 Al-'A`lá ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

< Previous   19 Āyah   The Most High      Next >  

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

87:1 سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى
87:1 Magnify the Name of thy Lord the Most High - A. J. Arberry (English)

87:2 ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
87:2 who created and shaped, - A. J. Arberry (English)

87:3 وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
87:3 who determined and guided, - A. J. Arberry (English)

87:4 وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ
87:4 who brought forth the pasturage - A. J. Arberry (English)

87:5 فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ
87:5 then made it a blackening wrack. - A. J. Arberry (English)

87:6 سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ
87:6 We shall make thee recite, to forget not - A. J. Arberry (English)

87:7 إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
87:7 save what God wills; surely He knows what is spoken aloud and what is hidden. - A. J. Arberry (English)

87:8 وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
87:8 We shall ease thee unto the Easing. - A. J. Arberry (English)

87:9 فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
87:9 Therefore remind, if the Reminder profits, - A. J. Arberry (English)

87:10 سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
87:10 and he who fears shall remember, - A. J. Arberry (English)

87:11 وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى
87:11 but the most wretched shall flout it, - A. J. Arberry (English)

87:12 ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
87:12 even he who shall roast in the Great Fire, - A. J. Arberry (English)

87:13 ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
87:13 then he shall neither die therein, nor live. - A. J. Arberry (English)

87:14 قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
87:14 Prosperous is he who has cleansed himself, - A. J. Arberry (English)

87:15 وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
87:15 and mentions the Name of his Lord, and prays. - A. J. Arberry (English)

87:16 بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
87:16 Nay, but you prefer the present life; - A. J. Arberry (English)

87:17 وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ
87:17 and the world to come is better, and more enduring. - A. J. Arberry (English)

87:18 إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
87:18 Surely this is in the ancient scrolls, - A. J. Arberry (English)

87:19 صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ
87:19 the scrolls of Abraham and Moses. - A. J. Arberry (English)