Al A'la
Chapter 87, 19 verses
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Shakir
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Transliteration
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Arabic, with marks
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Pickthall
Shakir
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Transliteration
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
Arabic, with marks
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى
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
Arabic, with marks
الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Pickthall
Who createth, then disposeth;
Shakir
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
Transliteration
Waallathee qaddara fahada
Arabic, with marks
وَالَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
Pickthall
Who measureth, then guideth;
Shakir
And Who brings forth herbage,
Transliteration
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
Arabic, with marks
وَالَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعَىٰ
Pickthall
Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
Shakir
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
Transliteration
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
Arabic, with marks
فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَاءً أَحْوَىٰ
Pickthall
Then turneth it to russet stubble.
Shakir
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
Transliteration
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
Arabic, with marks
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰ
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, with marks
إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
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
Arabic, with marks
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
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, with marks
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ الذِّكْرَىٰ
Pickthall
Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
Shakir
He who fears will mind,
Transliteration
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
Arabic, with marks
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
Pickthall
He will heed who feareth,
Shakir
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
Transliteration
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
Arabic, with marks
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى
Pickthall
But the most hapless will flout it,
Shakir
Who shall enter the great fire;
Transliteration
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
Arabic, with marks
الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرَىٰ
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, with marks
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
Pickthall
Wherein he will neither die nor live.
Shakir
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
Transliteration
Qad aflaha man tazakka
Arabic, with marks
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
Pickthall
He is who groweth,
Shakir
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
Transliteration
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
Arabic, with marks
وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ
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, with marks
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
Pickthall
But ye prefer the life of the world
Shakir
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
Transliteration
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
Arabic, with marks
وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ
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, with marks
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَىٰ
Pickthall
Lo! This is in the former scrolls.
Shakir
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
Transliteration
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
Arabic, with marks
صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ
Pickthall
The Books of Abraham and Moses.