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                        Muhammad Sarwar
                        
                        
                        
                    
                
                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
                    (Muhammad), glorify the Name of your lord, the Most High,  - Muhammad Sarwar (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:2
                    ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:2
                    Who has created (all things) proportionately,  - Muhammad Sarwar (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:3
                    وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:3
                    decreed their destinies, and provided them with guidance.  - Muhammad Sarwar (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:4
                    وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:4
                    It is He who has caused the grass to grow,  - Muhammad Sarwar (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:5
                    فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:5
                    then caused it to wither away.  - Muhammad Sarwar (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:6
                    سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:6
                    We shall teach you (the Quran) and you will not forget it  - Muhammad Sarwar (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:7
                    إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:7
                    unless God wills it to be otherwise. He knows all that is made public and all that remains hidden.  - Muhammad Sarwar (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:8
                    وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:8
                    We shall make all your tasks easy.  - Muhammad Sarwar (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:9
                    فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:9
                    Therefore, keep on preaching as long as it is of benefit.  - Muhammad Sarwar (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:10
                    سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:10
                    Those who have fear of God will benefit  - Muhammad Sarwar (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:11
                    وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:11
                    but the reprobates will turn away  - Muhammad Sarwar (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:12
                    ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:12
                    and suffer the heat of the great fire  - Muhammad Sarwar (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:13
                    ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:13
                    wherein they will neither live nor die.  - Muhammad Sarwar (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:14
                    قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:14
                    Lasting happiness will be for those who purify themselves,  - Muhammad Sarwar (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:15
                    وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:15
                    remember the name of the Lord, and pray to Him.  - Muhammad Sarwar (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:16
                    بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:16
                    However, (the disbelievers) prefer the worldly life  - Muhammad Sarwar (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:17
                    وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:17
                    even though the life hereafter will be better and will last forever.  - Muhammad Sarwar (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:18
                    إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:18
                    This is what is written in the ancient heavenly Books,  - Muhammad Sarwar (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:19
                    صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    87:19
                    the Scriptures of Abraham and Moses.  - Muhammad Sarwar (English)