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English - Chapter 87 - Al-Ala

Translation by Mohammad Habib Shakir — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Al-Ala 87:1

Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High

Verse 2 — Surah Al-Ala 87:2

Who creates, then makes complete

Verse 3 — Surah Al-Ala 87:3

And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal)

Verse 4 — Surah Al-Ala 87:4

And Who brings forth herbage

Verse 5 — Surah Al-Ala 87:5

Then makes it dried up, dust-colored

Verse 6 — Surah Al-Ala 87:6

We will make you recite so you shall not forget

Verse 7 — Surah Al-Ala 87:7

Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden

Verse 8 — Surah Al-Ala 87:8

And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease

Verse 9 — Surah Al-Ala 87:9

Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit

Verse 10 — Surah Al-Ala 87:10

He who fears will mind

Verse 11 — Surah Al-Ala 87:11

And the most unfortunate one will avoid it

Verse 12 — Surah Al-Ala 87:12

Who shall enter the great fire

Verse 13 — Surah Al-Ala 87:13

Then therein he shall neither live nor die

Verse 14 — Surah Al-Ala 87:14

He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself

Verse 15 — Surah Al-Ala 87:15

And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays

Verse 16 — Surah Al-Ala 87:16

Nay! you prefer the life of this world

Verse 17 — Surah Al-Ala 87:17

While the hereafter is better and more lasting

Verse 18 — Surah Al-Ala 87:18

Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures

Verse 19 — Surah Al-Ala 87:19

The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa