87 The Highest -Al-'A'la

In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful

[87.1] Exalt the Name of your Lord, the Highest,

[87.2] who has created and shaped,

[87.3] who has ordained and guided,

[87.4] who brings forth the pastures,

[87.5] then made it dry dark, flaky stubble,

[87.6] We shall make you recite so that you will not forget,

[87.7] except what Allah wills, surely, He knows all that is (spoken) aloud and what is hidden.

[87.8] We shall ease you to the easy.

[87.9] Therefore remind, if the Reminder benefits,

[87.10] and he who fears shall remember,

[87.11] but the most wretched shall avoid it,

[87.12] who will roast in the Great Fire,

[87.13] in which he will neither die nor live therein.

[87.14] Prosperous is he who purifies himself,

[87.15] and remembers the Name of his Lord, so he prays.

[87.16] But you prefer the present life,

[87.17] but the Everlasting Life is better, and more enduring.

[87.18] Surely, this is in the ancient Scrolls,

[87.19] the Scrolls of Abraham and Moses.