Al A'la
Chapter 87, 19 verses
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Shakir
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Arabic
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Pickthall
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Transliteration
Shakir
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Arabic
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
Pickthall
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,
Transliteration
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
Shakir
Who creates, then makes complete,
Pickthall
Who createth, then disposeth;
Transliteration
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
Shakir
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
Pickthall
Who measureth, then guideth;
Transliteration
Waallathee qaddara fahada
Shakir
And Who brings forth herbage,
Arabic
والذي أخرج المرعى
Pickthall
Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
Transliteration
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
Shakir
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
Pickthall
Then turneth it to russet stubble.
Transliteration
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
Shakir
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
Pickthall
We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget
Transliteration
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
Shakir
Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.
Arabic
إلا ما شاء الله ۚ إنه يعلم الجهر وما يخفى
Pickthall
Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;
Transliteration
Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa
Shakir
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
Pickthall
And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.
Transliteration
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
Shakir
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
Arabic
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
Pickthall
Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
Transliteration
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
Shakir
He who fears will mind,
Pickthall
He will heed who feareth,
Transliteration
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
Shakir
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
Arabic
ويتجنبها الأشقى
Pickthall
But the most hapless will flout it,
Transliteration
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
Shakir
Who shall enter the great fire;
Arabic
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Pickthall
He who will be flung to the great Fire
Transliteration
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
Shakir
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
Arabic
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
Pickthall
Wherein he will neither die nor live.
Transliteration
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
Shakir
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
Arabic
قد أفلح من تزكى
Pickthall
He is who groweth,
Transliteration
Qad aflaha man tazakka
Shakir
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
Arabic
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
Pickthall
And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
Transliteration
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
Shakir
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
Arabic
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
Pickthall
But ye prefer the life of the world
Transliteration
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
Shakir
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
Arabic
والآخرة خير وأبقى
Pickthall
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
Transliteration
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
Shakir
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
Arabic
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
Pickthall
Lo! This is in the former scrolls.
Transliteration
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
Shakir
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
Arabic
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
Pickthall
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
Transliteration
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa