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Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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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
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Glorify the name of thy Guardian-Lord Most High,
87:2 ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
87:2
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;
87:3 وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
87:3
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
87:4 وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ
87:4
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
87:5 فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ
87:5
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
87:6 سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ
87:6
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt not forget,
87:7 إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
87:7
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Except as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden.
87:8 وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
87:8
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).
87:9 فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
87:9
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).
87:10 سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
87:10
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):
87:11 وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى
87:11
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
87:12 ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
87:12
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Who will enter the Great Fire,
87:13 ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
87:13
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
In which they will then neither die nor live.
87:14 قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
87:14
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
But those will prosper who purify themselves,
87:15 وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
87:15
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
And glorify the name of their Guardian-Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.
87:16 بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
87:16
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
87:17 وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ
87:17
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
87:18 إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
87:18
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation),-
87:19 صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ
87:19
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
The Books of Abraham and Moses.