Al A'la
Chapter 87, 19 verses
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Arabic
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Shakir
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Pickthall
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Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
Arabic
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
Shakir
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Pickthall
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,
Transliteration
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
Shakir
Who creates, then makes complete,
Pickthall
Who createth, then disposeth;
Transliteration
Waallathee qaddara fahada
Shakir
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
Pickthall
Who measureth, then guideth;
Transliteration
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
Arabic
والذي أخرج المرعى
Shakir
And Who brings forth herbage,
Pickthall
Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
Transliteration
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
Shakir
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
Pickthall
Then turneth it to russet stubble.
Transliteration
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
Shakir
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
Pickthall
We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget
Transliteration
Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa
Arabic
إلا ما شاء الله ۚ إنه يعلم الجهر وما يخفى
Shakir
Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.
Pickthall
Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;
Transliteration
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
Shakir
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
Pickthall
And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.
Transliteration
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
Arabic
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
Shakir
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
Pickthall
Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
Transliteration
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
Shakir
He who fears will mind,
Pickthall
He will heed who feareth,
Transliteration
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
Arabic
ويتجنبها الأشقى
Shakir
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
Pickthall
But the most hapless will flout it,
Transliteration
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
Arabic
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Shakir
Who shall enter the great fire;
Pickthall
He who will be flung to the great Fire
Transliteration
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
Arabic
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
Shakir
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
Pickthall
Wherein he will neither die nor live.
Transliteration
Qad aflaha man tazakka
Arabic
قد أفلح من تزكى
Shakir
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
Pickthall
He is who groweth,
Transliteration
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
Arabic
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
Shakir
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
Pickthall
And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
Transliteration
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
Arabic
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
Shakir
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
Pickthall
But ye prefer the life of the world
Transliteration
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
Arabic
والآخرة خير وأبقى
Shakir
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
Pickthall
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
Transliteration
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
Arabic
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
Shakir
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
Pickthall
Lo! This is in the former scrolls.
Transliteration
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
Arabic
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
Shakir
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
Pickthall
The Books of Abraham and Moses.