IslamAwakened.com Qur'an Tafsir of Surah al-A`la - The Most High, Glory to your Lord in the Highest as rendered by
Sayyid Qutb
87:1
Extol the limitless glory of the name of your Lord, the Most High,
87:2
who creates and proportions well,
87:3
who determines and guides,
87:4
who brings forth the pasturage,
87:5
then turns it to withered grass.
87:6
We shall teach you and you shall not forget,
87:7
except what God wills. He knows what is manifest and what is kept hidden.
87:8
And We shall smooth your way to perfect ease.
87:9
Give warning, therefore, [regardless of] whether such warning is of use.
87:10
He who fears God will heed it,
87:11
but the most hapless wretch will turn aside from it,
87:12
who shall be cast into the great fire,
87:13
in which he shall neither die nor remain alive.
87:14
Successful will be he who purifies himself,
87:15
and glorifies the name of his Lord and prays.
87:16
Yet you prefer this present life,
87:17
while the life to come is better and longer lasting.
87:18
All this has indeed been stated in the earlier revelations;
87:19
the scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
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