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                        A. J. Arberry
                        
                        
                        
                    
                
                Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Abul Ala Maududi
Ahmed Ali
Ahmed Raza Khan
A. J. Arberry
Ali Quli Qarai
Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish
Mohammad Habib Shakir
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
Muhammad Sarwar
Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan
Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
Saheeh International
Talal Itani
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Wahiduddin Khan
                    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
                
                
                    In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
                
            
                    87:1
                    سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:1
                    Magnify the Name of thy Lord the Most High  - A. J. Arberry (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:2
                    ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:2
                    who created and shaped,  - A. J. Arberry (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:3
                    وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:3
                    who determined and guided,  - A. J. Arberry (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:4
                    وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:4
                    who brought forth the pasturage  - A. J. Arberry (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:5
                    فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:5
                    then made it a blackening wrack.  - A. J. Arberry (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:6
                    سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:6
                    We shall make thee recite, to forget not  - A. J. Arberry (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:7
                    إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:7
                    save what God wills; surely He knows what is spoken aloud and what is hidden.  - A. J. Arberry (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:8
                    وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:8
                    We shall ease thee unto the Easing.  - A. J. Arberry (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:9
                    فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:9
                    Therefore remind, if the Reminder profits,  - A. J. Arberry (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:10
                    سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:10
                    and he who fears shall remember,  - A. J. Arberry (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:11
                    وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:11
                    but the most wretched shall flout it,  - A. J. Arberry (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:12
                    ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:12
                    even he who shall roast in the Great Fire,  - A. J. Arberry (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:13
                    ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:13
                    then he shall neither die therein, nor live.  - A. J. Arberry (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:14
                    قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:14
                    Prosperous is he who has cleansed himself,  - A. J. Arberry (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:15
                    وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    and mentions the Name of his Lord, and prays.  - A. J. Arberry (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:16
                    بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:16
                    Nay, but you prefer the present life;  - A. J. Arberry (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:17
                    وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:17
                    and the world to come is better, and more enduring.  - A. J. Arberry (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:18
                    إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:18
                    Surely this is in the ancient scrolls,  - A. J. Arberry (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:19
                    صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:19
                    the scrolls of Abraham and Moses.  - A. J. Arberry (English)