87. Al-A'laa سُورَةُ الأَعۡلَىٰ

Saheeh InternationalExalt the name of your Lord, the Most High

Yusuf AliGlorify the name of thy Guardian-Lord Most High

Saheeh InternationalWho created and proportioned

Yusuf AliWho hath created, and further, given order and proportion

Saheeh InternationalAnd who destined and [then] guided

Yusuf AliWho hath ordained laws. And granted guidance

Saheeh InternationalAnd who brings out the pasture

Yusuf AliAnd Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture

Saheeh InternationalAnd [then] makes it black stubble

Yusuf AliAnd then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble

Saheeh InternationalWe will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget

Yusuf AliBy degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt not forget

Saheeh InternationalExcept what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden

Yusuf AliExcept as God wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden

Saheeh InternationalAnd We will ease you toward ease

Yusuf AliAnd We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path)

Saheeh InternationalSo remind, if the reminder should benefit

Yusuf AliTherefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer)

Saheeh InternationalHe who fears [Allah] will be reminded

Yusuf AliThe admonition will be received by those who fear (God)

Saheeh InternationalBut the wretched one will avoid it

Yusuf AliBut it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones

Saheeh International[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire

Yusuf AliWho will enter the Great Fire

Saheeh InternationalNeither dying therein nor living

Yusuf AliIn which they will then neither die nor live

Saheeh InternationalHe has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

Yusuf AliBut those will prosper who purify themselves

Saheeh InternationalAnd mentions the name of his Lord and prays

Yusuf AliAnd glorify the name of their Guardian-Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer

Saheeh InternationalBut you prefer the worldly life

Yusuf AliDay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world

Saheeh InternationalWhile the Hereafter is better and more enduring

Yusuf AliBut the Hereafter is better and more enduring

Saheeh InternationalIndeed, this is in the former scriptures

Yusuf AliAnd this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation)

Saheeh InternationalThe scriptures of Abraham and Moses

Yusuf AliThe Books of Abraham and Moses