Quran Sura 87 - The Most High - Translations of the Quran for comparison

	Yusuf Ali	Pickthal	Shakir
1	Glorify the name of thy Guardian-Lord Most High,	Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,	Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
2	Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;	Who createth, then disposeth;	Who creates, then makes complete,
3	Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;	Who measureth, then guideth;	And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
4	And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,	Who bringeth forth the pasturage,	And Who brings forth herbage,
5	And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.	Then turneth it to russet stubble.	Then makes it dried up, dust-colored.
6	By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt not forget,	We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget	We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
7	Except as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden.	Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;	Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.
8	And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).	And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.	And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
9	Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).	Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.	Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
10	The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):	He will heed who feareth,	He who fears will mind,
11	But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,	But the most hapless will flout it,	And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
12	Who will enter the Great Fire,	He who will be flung to the great Fire	Who shall enter the great fire;
13	In which they will then neither die nor live.	Wherein he will neither die nor live.	Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
14	But those will prosper who purify themselves,	He is successful who groweth,	He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself,
15	And glorify the name of their Guardian-Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.	And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,	And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
16	Day (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;	But ye prefer the life of the world	Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
17	But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.	Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.	While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
18	And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation),-	Lo! This is in the former scrolls.	Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
19	The Books of Abraham and Moses.	The Books of Abraham and Moses.	The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.