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1. Declare the transcendence of your Lord Who is High above His creation, by uttering His Name when you remember and revere Him.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

words, by the command to fight and Struggle. In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful: [87:1] Glorify the Name of your Lord, that is, exalt your Lord above what does not befit Him ( ism [in isma rabbika, ‘the Name of your Lord’] is extra), the Moil High (an adjedtive qualifying rabbika, ‘your Lord’), [87:2] Who created and proportioned.…

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2. The One Who created man in due proportion and balanced his stature.

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3. The One Who determined for all created things their species, types and attributes and Who guided every creation to what is appropriate and suitable for it.

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4. The One Who brought out from the earth what your animals graze on.

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5. The He made it into dry blackish straw after it had been green and fresh.

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6. I will teach you, O Messenger, the Qur’ān, and gather it in your chest so you do not forget it. So do not race with Gabriel in the recitation as you used to do with the desire that you do not forget it.

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en chaff. [87:6] We will have you recite, the Qur’an, so that you will not forget, what you recite, [87:7] except what God may will, that you forget, by abrogating its recitation and its ruling — the Prophet (s) used to recite aloud while Gabriel recited, fearing to forget, and so it is as though it was said to him, ‘Do not haSten in it; you will not forget and so do not weary yourself by reciting it aloud’; assur¬ edly He, exalted be He, knows what is overt, of words and deeds, and what is hidden, of both of these. [87:8] And We will ease your way to the easy way, the uncomplicated Law,…

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7. Except for what Allah wishes you to forget for some reason. He (may He be glorified) knows what is made public and what is hidden. Nothing of that is hidden from Him.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

will have you recite, the Qur’an, so that you will not forget, what you recite, [87:7] except what God may will, that you forget, by abrogating its recitation and its ruling — the Prophet (s) used to recite aloud while Gabriel recited, fearing to forget, and so it is as though it was said to him, ‘Do not haSten in it; you will not forget and so do not weary yourself by reciting it aloud’; assur¬ edly He, exalted be He, knows what is overt, of words and deeds, and what is hidden, of both of these. [87:8] And We will ease your way to the easy way, the uncomplicated Law, namely, Islam.

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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

8. I will make it easy for you to do actions that please Allah and enter you into Paradise.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

h of these. [87:8] And We will ease your way to the easy way, the uncomplicated Law, namely, Islam. [87:9] So remind, admonish by the Qur’an, in case the reminder should be of benefit, to the one whom you might remind, the one mentioned in [the following verse] ‘he [who fears] will be reminded’, in other words, even if it might not be of benefit, for it is of benefit to some but of no benefit to others. [87:10] He who fears, God, exalted be He, will be reminded, by it, as in the verse: So admonish by the Qur’an him who fears My threat [Q.…

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

9. So give counsel to people with the Qur’ān that I reveal to you and remind them as long as the reminder is heard.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

And We will ease your way to the easy way, the uncomplicated Law, namely, Islam. [87:9] So remind, admonish by the Qur’an, in case the reminder should be of benefit, to the one whom you might remind, the one mentioned in [the following verse] ‘he [who fears] will be reminded’, in other words, even if it might not be of benefit, for it is of benefit to some but of no benefit to others. [87:10] He who fears, God, exalted be He, will be reminded, by it, as in the verse: So admonish by the Qur’an him who fears My threat [Q.…

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10. The one who fears Allah will pay heed to your counsel, because he is the one who benefits from counsel.

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11. The disbeliever will keep away and alienate himself from the counsel, because he is the most wretched person in the afterlife as he will enter the Fire.

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12. The one who will enter the great Fire of the afterlife to suffer and bear its heat forever.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

er, will shun it, that is, the reminder, in other words, he will leave it aside, not looking at it, [87:12] he who will be roailed in the greater Fire, the Fire of the Hereafter, the lesser fire being that of this world; [87:13] then he will neither die therein, and find res't, nor live, a enjoyable life. [87:14] Successful, winner, indeed is he who purifies himself, [who] cleanses himself by means of [his adherence to] faith, [87:15] and mentions the Name of his Lord, saying Allahu akbar, ‘God is Great’, and prays, the five prayers — and such are the concerns of [one working towards] t…

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13. Then he will remain forever in the Fire without dying therein and being relieved of the punishment he suffers from, and without living a good and decent life.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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14. The one who purified himself from idolatry and sins has attained the objective.

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15. Who remembered his Lord by the various forms of remembrance that He ordained. Who discharged the prayer in the required manner.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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16. But, you give preference to the worldly life and prefer it over the afterlife despite the huge disparity between them.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

e concerns of [one working towards] the Hereafter, [concerns] which the Mec¬ can disbelievers shun. [87:16] Nay, but you prefer (or read yu’thiruna, ‘they prefer’) the life of this world, to the Hereafter, [87:17] whereas the Hereafter, and the Paradise it entails, is better and more lasting. [87:18] Truly this, the success of those who purify themselves, and the Hereafter being better, is in the former scrolls, the ones revealed before the Qur’an, [87:19] the scrolls of Abraham and Moses, the ten scrolls of Abraham and the Torah of Moses. In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merci…

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17. The Hereafter is indeed, better and superior to the world and the enjoyments and pleasures it contains, and it is more lasting, because the bliss it contains does not ever end.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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18. These instructions and stories that I mentioned to you are in the scriptures revealed before you.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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19. These are the scriptures revealed to Abraham and Moses (peace be upon them).

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