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Abul Ala Maududi

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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
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
87:2 ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
87:2
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
Who created all things and fashioned them in good proportion;
87:3 وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
87:3
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
Who determined and guided them,
87:4 وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ
87:4
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
Who brought forth the pasture,
87:5 فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ
87:5
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and then made it into a blackish straw.
87:6 سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ
87:6
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
We shall make you recite and then you will not forget,
87:7 إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
87:7
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
except what Allah should wish. He knows all that is manifest and all that is hidden.
87:8 وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
87:8
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
We shall ease you to follow the way of Ease.
87:9 فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
87:9
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
So render good counsel if good counsel will avail.
87:10 سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
87:10
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
He who fears (Allah) shall heed it,
87:11 وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى
87:11
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
but the wretched will turn away from it.
87:12 ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
87:12
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
He will be cast into the Great Fire.
87:13 ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
87:13
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
Then he will neither die in it, nor live.
87:14 قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
87:14
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
He who purified himself shall prosper,
87:15 وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
87:15
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
remembering his Lord's name and praying.
87:16 بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
87:16
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
No; but you prefer the present life,
87:17 وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ
87:17
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
whereas the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
87:18 إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
87:18
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
This, indeed, was in the ancient Scrolls,
87:19 صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ
87:19
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
the Scrolls of Abraham and Moses.