Al A'la

Shakir

1 Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,

Shakir

2 Who creates, then makes complete,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 Who has created (everything), and then proportioned it.

Pickthall

2 Who createth, then disposeth;

Shakir

3 And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And Who has measured (preordainments for everything even to be blessed or wretched); and then guided (i.e. showed mankind the right as well as the wrong paths, and guided the animals to pasture).

Pickthall

3 Who measureth, then guideth;

Shakir

4 And Who brings forth herbage,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 And Who brings out the pasturage,

Pickthall

4 Who bringeth forth the pasturage,

Shakir

5 Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 And then makes it dark stubble.

Pickthall

5 Then turneth it to russet stubble.

Shakir

6 We will make you recite so you shall not forget,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 We shall make you to recite (the Qur'an), so you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) shall not forget (it),

Pickthall

6 We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget

Shakir

7 Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 Except what Allah may will. He knows what is apparent and what is hidden.

Pickthall

7 Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;

Shakir

8 And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 And We shall make easy for you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the easy way (i.e. the doing of righteous deeds).

Pickthall

8 And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.

Shakir

9 Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 Therefore remind (men) in case the reminder profits (them).

Pickthall

9 Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.

Shakir

10 He who fears will mind,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 The reminder will be received by him who fears (Allah),

Pickthall

10 He will heed who feareth,

Shakir

11 And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 But it will be avoided by the wretched,

Pickthall

11 But the most hapless will flout it,

Shakir

12 Who shall enter the great fire;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 Who will enter the great Fire (and will be made to taste its burning).

Pickthall

12 He who will be flung to the great Fire

Shakir

13 Then therein he shall neither live nor die.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 There he will neither die (to be in rest) nor live (a good living).

Pickthall

13 Wherein he will neither die nor live.

Shakir

14 He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 Indeed whosoever purifies himself (by avoiding polytheism and accepting Islamic Monotheism) shall achieve success,

Pickthall

14 He is successful who groweth,

Shakir

15 And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 And remembers (glorifies) the Name of his Lord (worships none but Allah), and prays (five compulsory prayers and Nawafil - additional prayers).

Pickthall

15 And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,

Shakir

16 Nay! you prefer the life of this world,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 Nay, you prefer the life of this world,

Pickthall

16 But ye prefer the life of the world

Shakir

17 While the hereafter is better and more lasting.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

Pickthall

17 Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

Shakir

18 Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 Verily, this is in the former Scriptures -

Pickthall

18 Lo! This is in the former scrolls.

Shakir

19 The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 The Scriptures of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Musa (Moses) (عليهما السلام).

Pickthall

19 The Books of Abraham and Moses.