Chapter 87, Al-A'la [ The Most High ]
- Seeking refuge with Allah from the banished Satan.I begin in the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Merciful.
- 1. Glorify the name of thy Guardian-Lord Most High,
- 2. Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;
- 3. Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
- 4. And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
- 5. And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
- 6. By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt not forget,
- 7. Except as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden.
- 8. And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).
- 9. Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).
- 10. The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):
- 11. But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
- 12. Who will enter the Great Fire,
- 13. In which they will then neither die nor live.
- 14. But those will prosper who purify themselves,
- 15. And glorify the name of their Guardian-Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.
- 16. Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
- 17. But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
- 18. And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation),-
- 19. The Books of Abraham and Moses.