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English - Chapter 87 - Al-Ala

Translation by Aisha Bewley — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Al-Ala 87:1

Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High

Verse 2 — Surah Al-Ala 87:2

He who created and moulded

Verse 3 — Surah Al-Ala 87:3

He who determined and guided

Verse 4 — Surah Al-Ala 87:4

He who brings forth green pasture

Verse 5 — Surah Al-Ala 87:5

then makes it blackened stubble

Verse 6 — Surah Al-Ala 87:6

We will cause you to recite so that you do not forget —

Verse 7 — Surah Al-Ala 87:7

except what Allah wills. He knows what is voiced out loud and what is hidden

Verse 8 — Surah Al-Ala 87:8

We will ease you to the Easy Way

Verse 9 — Surah Al-Ala 87:9

Remind, then, if the reminder benefits

Verse 10 — Surah Al-Ala 87:10

He who has fear will be reminded

Verse 11 — Surah Al-Ala 87:11

but the most miserable will shun it

Verse 12 — Surah Al-Ala 87:12

those who will roast in the Greatest Fire

Verse 13 — Surah Al-Ala 87:13

and then neither die nor live in it

Verse 14 — Surah Al-Ala 87:14

He who has purified himself will have success

Verse 15 — Surah Al-Ala 87:15

He who invokes the Name of his Lord and prays

Verse 16 — Surah Al-Ala 87:16

Yet still you prefer the life of the dunya

Verse 17 — Surah Al-Ala 87:17

when the akhira is better and longer lasting

Verse 18 — Surah Al-Ala 87:18

This is certainly in the earlier texts

Verse 19 — Surah Al-Ala 87:19

the texts of Ibrahim and Musa