Al A'la
Chapter 87, 19 verses
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Shakir
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Arabic, with marks
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Arabic
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Pickthall
Shakir
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Arabic, with marks
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى
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,
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),
Arabic, with marks
وَالَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
Pickthall
Who measureth, then guideth;
Shakir
And Who brings forth herbage,
Arabic, with marks
وَالَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعَىٰ
Arabic
والذي أخرج المرعى
Pickthall
Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
Shakir
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
Arabic, with marks
فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَاءً أَحْوَىٰ
Pickthall
Then turneth it to russet stubble.
Shakir
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
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.
Arabic, with marks
إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
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.
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.
Arabic, with marks
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ الذِّكْرَىٰ
Arabic
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
Pickthall
Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
Shakir
He who fears will mind,
Arabic, with marks
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
Pickthall
He will heed who feareth,
Shakir
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
Arabic, with marks
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى
Arabic
ويتجنبها الأشقى
Pickthall
But the most hapless will flout it,
Shakir
Who shall enter the great fire;
Arabic, with marks
الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرَىٰ
Arabic
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Pickthall
He who will be flung to the great Fire
Shakir
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
Arabic, with marks
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
Arabic
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
Pickthall
Wherein he will neither die nor live.
Shakir
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
Arabic, with marks
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
Arabic
قد أفلح من تزكى
Pickthall
He is who groweth,
Shakir
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
Arabic, with marks
وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ
Arabic
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
Pickthall
And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
Shakir
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
Arabic, with marks
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
Arabic
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
Pickthall
But ye prefer the life of the world
Shakir
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
Arabic, with marks
وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ
Arabic
والآخرة خير وأبقى
Pickthall
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
Shakir
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
Arabic, with marks
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَىٰ
Arabic
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
Pickthall
Lo! This is in the former scrolls.
Shakir
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
Arabic, with marks
صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ
Arabic
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
Pickthall
The Books of Abraham and Moses.