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Al-A'la · The Most High

19 ayahs Madani Pages 591–592 Juz 30
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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Madd (maddah sign)Ghunnah (doubled noon / meem)Qalqalah
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سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى ﴿١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallPraise the name of thy Lord the Most High,

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ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ﴿٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWho createth, then disposeth;

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وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ ﴿٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWho measureth, then guideth;

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وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ ﴿٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWho bringeth forth the pasturage,

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فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ ﴿٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen turneth it to russet stubble.

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سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ ﴿٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWe shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget

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إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ ﴿٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSave that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;

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وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ ﴿٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.

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فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ ﴿٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallTherefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.

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سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ ﴿١٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe will heed who feareth,

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وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى ﴿١١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut the most hapless will flout it,

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ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ﴿١٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe who will be flung to the great Fire

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ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ ﴿١٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWherein he will neither die nor live.

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قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ ﴿١٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe is successful who groweth,

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وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ ﴿١٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,

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بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ﴿١٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut ye prefer the life of the world

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وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ ﴿١٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAlthough the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

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إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ﴿١٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! This is in the former scrolls.

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صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ ﴿١٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThe Books of Abraham and Moses.

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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).