Chapter 87

87.1

surah 87 - verse 1

translator's name	verse
Arberry	Magnify the Name of thy Lord the Most High
Maududi	Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Pickthall	Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,
Sahih	Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Yusuf Ali	Glorify the name of thy Guardian-Lord Most High,

87.2

surah 87 - verse 2

translator's name	verse
Arberry	who created and shaped,
Maududi	Who created all things and fashioned them in good proportion;
Pickthall	Who createth, then disposeth;
Sahih	Who created and proportioned
Yusuf Ali	Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;

87.3

surah 87 - verse 3

translator's name	verse
Arberry	who determined and guided,
Maududi	Who determined and guided them,
Pickthall	Who measureth, then guideth;
Sahih	And who destined and [then] guided
Yusuf Ali	Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;

87.4

surah 87 - verse 4

translator's name	verse
Arberry	who brought forth the pasturage
Maududi	Who brought forth the pasture,
Pickthall	Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
Sahih	And who brings out the pasture
Yusuf Ali	And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,

87.5

surah 87 - verse 5

translator's name	verse
Arberry	then made it a blackening wrack.
Maududi	and then made it into a blackish straw.
Pickthall	Then turneth it to russet stubble.
Sahih	And [then] makes it black stubble.
Yusuf Ali	And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.

87.6

surah 87 - verse 6

translator's name	verse
Arberry	We shall make thee recite, to forget not
Maududi	We shall make you recite and then you will not forget,
Pickthall	We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget
Sahih	We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
Yusuf Ali	By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt not forget,

87.7

surah 87 - verse 7

translator's name	verse
Arberry	save what God wills; surely He knows what is spoken aloud and what is hidden.
Maududi	except what Allah should wish. He knows all that is manifest and all that is hidden.
Pickthall	Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;
Sahih	Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.
Yusuf Ali	Except as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden.

87.8

surah 87 - verse 8

translator's name	verse
Arberry	We shall ease thee unto the Easing.
Maududi	We shall ease you to follow the way of Ease.
Pickthall	And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.
Sahih	And We will ease you toward ease.
Yusuf Ali	And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).

87.9

surah 87 - verse 9

translator's name	verse
Arberry	Therefore remind, if the Reminder profits,
Maududi	So render good counsel if good counsel will avail.
Pickthall	Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
Sahih	So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
Yusuf Ali	Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).

87.10

surah 87 - verse 10

translator's name	verse
Arberry	and he who fears shall remember,
Maududi	He who fears (Allah) shall heed it,
Pickthall	He will heed who feareth,
Sahih	He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
Yusuf Ali	The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):

87.11

surah 87 - verse 11

translator's name	verse
Arberry	but the most wretched shall flout it,
Maududi	but the wretched will turn away from it.
Pickthall	But the most hapless will flout it,
Sahih	But the wretched one will avoid it -
Yusuf Ali	But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,

87.12

surah 87 - verse 12

translator's name	verse
Arberry	even he who shall roast in the Great Fire,
Maududi	He will be cast into the Great Fire.
Pickthall	He who will be flung to the great Fire
Sahih	[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
Yusuf Ali	Who will enter the Great Fire,

87.13

surah 87 - verse 13

translator's name	verse
Arberry	then he shall neither die therein, nor live.
Maududi	Then he will neither die in it, nor live.
Pickthall	Wherein he will neither die nor live.
Sahih	Neither dying therein nor living.
Yusuf Ali	In which they will then neither die nor live.

87.14

surah 87 - verse 14

translator's name	verse
Arberry	Prosperous is he who has cleansed himself,
Maududi	He who purified himself shall prosper,
Pickthall	He is successful who groweth,
Sahih	He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
Yusuf Ali	But those will prosper who purify themselves,

87.15

surah 87 - verse 15

translator's name	verse
Arberry	and mentions the Name of his Lord, and prays.
Maududi	remembering his Lord's name and praying.
Pickthall	And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
Sahih	And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
Yusuf Ali	And glorify the name of their Guardian-Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.

87.16

surah 87 - verse 16

translator's name	verse
Arberry	Nay, but you prefer the present life;
Maududi	No; but you prefer the present life,
Pickthall	But ye prefer the life of the world
Sahih	But you prefer the worldly life,
Yusuf Ali	Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;

87.17

surah 87 - verse 17

translator's name	verse
Arberry	and the world to come is better, and more enduring.
Maududi	whereas the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Pickthall	Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
Sahih	While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Yusuf Ali	But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

87.18

surah 87 - verse 18

translator's name	verse
Arberry	Surely this is in the ancient scrolls,
Maududi	This, indeed, was in the ancient Scrolls,
Pickthall	Lo! This is in the former scrolls.
Sahih	Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
Yusuf Ali	And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation),-

87.19

surah 87 - verse 19

translator's name	verse
Arberry	the scrolls of Abraham and Moses.
Maududi	the Scrolls of Abraham and Moses.
Pickthall	The Books of Abraham and Moses.
Sahih	The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
Yusuf Ali	The Books of Abraham and Moses.