English translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Marmaduke Pickthall
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Surah 87 الأعلى
19 Verses
Meccan
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى Verse 1
Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,
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الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ Verse 2
Who createth, then disposeth;
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وَالَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ Verse 3
Who measureth, then guideth;
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وَالَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعَىٰ Verse 4
Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
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فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَاءً أَحْوَىٰ Verse 5
Then turneth it to russet stubble.
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سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰ Verse 6
We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget
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إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ Verse 7
Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;
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وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ Verse 8
And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.
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فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ الذِّكْرَىٰ Verse 9
Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
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سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ Verse 10
He will heed who feareth,
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وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى Verse 11
But the most hapless will flout it,
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الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرَىٰ Verse 12
He who will be flung to the great Fire
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ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ Verse 13
Wherein he will neither die nor live.
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قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ Verse 14
He is successful who groweth,
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وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ Verse 15
And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
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بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا Verse 16
But ye prefer the life of the world
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وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ Verse 17
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
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إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَىٰ Verse 18
Lo! This is in the former scrolls.
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صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ Verse 19
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
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