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