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Muṣḥaf order 87
Cairo 1924 order #8 Meccan
Verses 19 (Ḥafṣ)
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى ١
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Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ٢
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Who createth, then disposeth;
وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ ٣
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Who measureth, then guideth;
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ ٤
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Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ ٥
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Then turneth it to russet stubble.
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ ٦
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We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ ٧
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Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ ٨
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And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ ٩
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Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ ١٠
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He will heed who feareth,
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى ١١
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But the most hapless will flout it,
ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ١٢
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He who will be flung to the great Fire
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ ١٣
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Wherein he will neither die nor live.
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٤
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He is successful who groweth,
وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ ١٥
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And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
Where other transmissions read a word differently
- Doori: تُؤْثِرُونَ → يُؤْثِرُونَ (dots only; Quranpedia.net qiraat dataset (v2026-09-12), locus 87:16#1)
- Soosi: تُؤْثِرُونَ → يُوثِرُونَ (dots only; Quranpedia.net qiraat dataset (v2026-09-12), locus 87:16#1)
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ١٦
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But ye prefer the life of the world
وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ ١٧
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Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ١٨
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Lo! This is in the former scrolls.
صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ ١٩
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The Books of Abraham and Moses.