Al A'la

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

1 Glorify the name of thy Guardian - Lord 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,

Yusuf Ali

2 Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;

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),

Yusuf Ali

3 Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;

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,

Yusuf Ali

4 And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 And Who brings out the pasturage,

Shakir

5 Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.

Yusuf Ali

5 And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 And then makes it dark stubble.

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

6 By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt 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.

Yusuf Ali

7 Except as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest 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.

Yusuf Ali

8 And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).

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.

Yusuf Ali

9 Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

10 He who fears will mind,

Yusuf Ali

10 The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

11 And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,

Yusuf Ali

11 But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 But it will be avoided by the wretched,

Shakir

12 Who shall enter the great fire;

Yusuf Ali

12 Who will enter the Great 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.

Yusuf Ali

13 In which they will then neither die nor live.

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,

Yusuf Ali

14 But those will prosper who purify themselves,

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.

Yusuf Ali

15 And glorify the name of their Guardian - Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.

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,

Yusuf Ali

16 Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 Nay, you prefer the life of this world,

Shakir

17 While the hereafter is better and more lasting.

Yusuf Ali

17 But 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,

Yusuf Ali

18 And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 Verily, this is in the former Scriptures -

Shakir

19 The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.

Yusuf Ali

19 The Books of Abraham and Moses.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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