Al A'la

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

1 Exalt 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,

Shakir

2 Who creates, then makes complete,

Saheeh International

2 Who created and proportioned

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

3 And who destined and [then] guided

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).

Shakir

4 And Who brings forth herbage,

Saheeh International

4 And who brings out the pasture

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 And Who brings out the pasturage,

Shakir

5 Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.

Saheeh International

5 And [then] makes it black stubble.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 And then makes it dark stubble.

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

6 We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will 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),

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

7 Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

8 And We will ease you toward 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).

Shakir

9 Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.

Saheeh International

9 So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

10 He who fears will mind,

Saheeh International

10 He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

11 And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,

Saheeh International

11 But the wretched one will avoid it -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 But it will be avoided by the wretched,

Shakir

12 Who shall enter the great fire;

Saheeh International

12 [He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

13 Then therein he shall neither live nor die.

Saheeh International

13 Neither dying therein nor living.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

14 He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself,

Saheeh International

14 He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

15 And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.

Saheeh International

15 And mentions 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).

Shakir

16 Nay! you prefer the life of this world,

Saheeh International

16 But you prefer the worldly life,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 Nay, you prefer the life of this world,

Shakir

17 While the hereafter is better and more lasting.

Saheeh International

17 While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

Shakir

18 Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,

Saheeh International

18 Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 Verily, this is in the former Scriptures -

Shakir

19 The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.

Saheeh International

19 The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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