| | Muhammad Asad rendition of Surah The Most High, Glory to your Lord in the Highest(al-A`la)
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| 87:1 | | EXTOL the limitless glory of thy Sustainer's name: [the glory of] the Al-Highest |
| 87:1 | | EXTOL the limitless glory of thy Sustainer's name: [the glory of] the Al-Highest |
| 87:2 | | who creates [every thing], and thereupon forms it in accordance with what it is meant to be |
| 87:2 | | who creates [every thing], and thereupon forms it in accordance with what it is meant to be |
| 87:3 | | and who determines the nature [of all that exists], and thereupon guides it [towards its fulfilment] |
| 87:3 | | and who determines the nature [of all that exists], and thereupon guides it [towards its fulfilment] |
| 87:4 | | and who brings forth herbage |
| 87:4 | | and who brings forth herbage |
| 87:5 | | and thereupon causes it to decay into rust-brown stubble |
| 87:5 | | and thereupon causes it to decay into rust-brown stubble |
| 87:6 | | WE SHALL teach thee, and thou wilt not forget [aught of what thou art taught] |
| 87:6 | | WE SHALL teach thee, and thou wilt not forget [aught of what thou art taught] |
| 87:7 | | save what God may will [thee to forget] - for, verily, He [alone] knows all that is open to [man's] perception as well as all that is hidden [from it] |
| 87:7 | | save what God may will [thee to forget] - for, verily, He [alone] knows all that is open to [man's] perception as well as all that is hidden [from it] |
| 87:8 | | and [thus] shall We make easy for thee the path towards [ultimate] ease |
| 87:8 | | and [thus] shall We make easy for thee the path towards [ultimate] ease |
| 87:9 | | REMIND, THEN, [others of the truth, regardless of] whether this reminding [would seem to] be of use [or not] |
| 87:9 | | REMIND, THEN, [others of the truth, regardless of] whether this reminding [would seem to] be of use [or not] |
| 87:10 | | in mind will keep it he who stands in awe [of God] |
| 87:10 | | in mind will keep it he who stands in awe [of God] |
| 87:11 | | but aloof from it will remain that most hapless wretch &ndash |
| 87:11 | | but aloof from it will remain that most hapless wretch &ndash |
| 87:12 | | he who [in the life to come] shall have to endure the great fir |
| 87:12 | | he who [in the life to come] shall have to endure the great fir |
| 87:13 | | wherein he will neither die nor remain alive |
| 87:13 | | wherein he will neither die nor remain alive |
| 87:14 | | To happiness [in the life to come] will indeed attain he who attains to purity [in this world] |
| 87:14 | | To happiness [in the life to come] will indeed attain he who attains to purity [in this world] |
| 87:15 | | and remembers his Sustainer's name, and prays [unto Him] |
| 87:15 | | and remembers his Sustainer's name, and prays [unto Him] |
| 87:16 | | But nay, [O men,] you prefer the life of this world |
| 87:16 | | But nay, [O men,] you prefer the life of this world |
| 87:17 | | although the life to come is better and more enduring |
| 87:17 | | although the life to come is better and more enduring |
| 87:18 | | Verily, [all] this has indeed been [said] in the earlier revelations &ndash |
| 87:18 | | Verily, [all] this has indeed been [said] in the earlier revelations &ndash |
| 87:19 | | the revelations of Abraham and Moses |
| 87:19 | | the revelations of Abraham and Moses |
