سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى
EXTOL the limitless glory of thy Sustainer's name: [the glory of] the All-Highest, (1)
الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
who creates [every thing], and thereupon forms it in accordance with what it is meant to be, (2)
وَالَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
and who determines the nature [of all that exists], and thereupon guides it [towards its fulfilment], (3)
وَالَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعَىٰ
and who brings forth herbage, (4)
فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَاءً أَحْوَىٰ
and thereupon causes it to decay into rust-brown stubble! (5)
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنْسَىٰ
WE SHALL teach thee, and thou wilt not forget [aught of what thou art taught], (6)
إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
save what God may will [thee to forget] – for, verily, He [alone] knows all that is open to [man's] perception as well as all that is hidden [from it]: (7)
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
and [thus] shall We make easy for thee the path towards [ultimate] ease. (8)
فَذَكِّرْ إِنْ نَفَعَتِ الذِّكْرَىٰ
REMIND, THEN, [others of the truth, regardless of] whether this reminding [would seem to] be of use [or not]: (9)
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَنْ يَخْشَىٰ
in mind will keep it he who stands in awe [of God], (10)
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى
but aloof from it will remain that most hapless wretch – (11)
الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرَىٰ
he who [in the life to come] shall have to endure the great fire (12)
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
wherein he will neither die nor remain alive. (13)
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ تَزَكَّىٰ
To happiness [in the life to come] will indeed attain he who attains to purity [in this world], (14)
وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ
and remembers his Sustainer's name, and prays [unto Him]. (15)
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
But nay, [O men,] you prefer the life of this world, (16)
وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ
although the life to come is better and more enduring (17)
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَىٰ
Verily, [all] this has indeed been [said] in the earlier revelations – (18)
صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ
the revelations of Abraham and Moses. (19)
- And Who bringeth out6083 the (green and luscious) pasture,
- 6083 Fifthly, after maturity comes decay. But even in that decay, as when green pasture turns to stubble, we subserve other ends. Insofar as we are animals, we share these processes with other forms of material. Creation, animal, vegetable, and even mineral, which all have their appointed laws of growth and decay. But man's higher destiny is referred to in subsequent verses.
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And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
— Abdullah Yusuf Ali -
Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
— Marmaduke Pickthall -
And Who brings forth herbage,
— M. Habib Shakir -
And Who brings out the pasturage,
— Taqiuddin Hilali and M. Mohsin Khan -
And Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
— Abdul-Majid Daryabadi -
who brings forth the pastures,
— Hasan Qaribullah and Ahmed Darwish -
who brought forth the pasturage,
— Ayub Khan -
And Who brings forth the pasturage,
— Sher Ali -
and who brings forth herbage,
— Muhammad Asad -
who brought forth the pasturage
— Arthur Arberry -
Who brought forth the pasture,{{5}}
— Abu'l Ala Maududi