The Most High

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

[87:1]

Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,

[87:2]

Who createth, then disposeth;

[87:3]

Who measureth, then guideth;

[87:4]

Who bringeth forth the pasturage,

[87:5]

Then turneth it to russet stubble.

[87:6]

We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget

[87:7]

Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;

[87:8]

And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.

[87:9]

Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.

[87:10]

He will heed who feareth,

[87:11]

But the most hapless will flout it,

[87:12]

He who will be flung to the great Fire

[87:13]

Wherein he will neither die nor live.

[87:14]

He is successful who groweth,

[87:15]

And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,

[87:16]

But ye prefer the life of the world

[87:17]

Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

[87:18]

Lo! This is in the former scrolls.

[87:19]

The Books of Abraham and Moses.

The Overwhelming

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

[88:1]

Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?

[88:2]

On that day (many) faces will be downcast,

[88:3]

Toiling, weary,

[88:4]

Scorched by burning fire,

[88:5]

Drinking from a boiling spring,

[88:6]

No food for them save bitter thorn-fruit

[88:7]

Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

[88:8]

In that day other faces will be calm,

[88:9]

Glad for their effort past,

[88:10]

In a high Garden

[88:11]

Where they hear no idle speech,

[88:12]

Wherein is a gushing spring,

[88:13]

Wherein are couches raised

[88:14]

And goblets set at hand

[88:15]

And cushions ranged

[88:16]

And silken carpets spread.

[88:17]

Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?

[88:18]

And the heaven, how it is raised ?

[88:19]

And the hills, how they are set up ?

[88:20]

And the earth, how it is spread ?

[88:21]

Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

[88:22]

Thou art not at all a warder over them.

[88:23]

But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

[88:24]

Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

[88:25]

Lo! unto Us is their return

[88:26]

And Ours their reckoning.