Translation of the Holy Koran by Shakir
 
Sura 87 Aya 1 to 19
 
  1   [ 87: 1 ] Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
  2   [ 87: 2 ] Who creates, then makes complete,
  3   [ 87: 3 ] And Who makes ( things ) according to a measure, then guides ( them to their goal ),
  4   [ 87: 4 ] And Who brings forth herbage,
  5   [ 87: 5 ] Then makes it dried up, dust-colored.
  6   [ 87: 6 ] We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
  7   [ 87: 7 ] Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.
  8   [ 87: 8 ] And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
  9   [ 87: 9 ] Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
  10   [ 87: 10 ] He who fears will mind,
  11   [ 87: 11 ] And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
  12   [ 87: 12 ] Who shall enter the great fire;
  13   [ 87: 13 ] Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
  14   [ 87: 14 ] He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself,
  15   [ 87: 15 ] And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
  16   [ 87: 16 ] Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
  17   [ 87: 17 ] While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
  18   [ 87: 18 ] Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
  19   [ 87: 19 ] The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.