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

S:  We will make you recite so you shall not forget,

087.007 Y:  Except as Allah wills:  For He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden.

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

S:  Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.

087.008 Y:  And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).

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

S:  And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.

087.009 Y:  Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).

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

S:  Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.

087.010 Y:  The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah): 

P:  He will heed who feareth,

S:  He who fears will mind,

087.011 Y:  But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,

P:  But the most hapless will flout it,

S:  And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,

087.012 Y:  Who will enter the Great Fire,

P:  He who will be flung to the great Fire

S:  Who shall enter the great fire;

087.013 Y:  In which they will then neither die nor live.

P:  Wherein he will neither die nor live.

S:  Then therein he shall neither live nor die.

087.014 Y:  But those will prosper who purify themselves,

P:  He is successful who groweth,

S:  He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself,

087.015 Y:  And glorify the name of their Guardian-Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.

P:  And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,

S:  And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.

087.016 Y:  Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;

P:  But ye prefer the life of the world

S:  Nay! you prefer the life of this world,

087.017 Y:  But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

P:  Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

S:  While the hereafter is better and more lasting.

087.018 Y:  And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation),-

P:  Lo!  This is in the former scrolls.

S:  Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,

087.019 Y:  The Books of Abraham and Moses.

P:  The Books of Abraham and Moses.

S:  The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.

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Chapter 88: 

Al-GHASHIYA (the overwhelming, the pall)
Total Verses:  26 Revealed At:  Makka

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