| qxp | |
|---|---|
| 1. * | Strive to raise the Name of your Lord, the Most High. (Establish His Glory on earth (56:96)). |
| 2. * | Who creates and proportions. (So that all things might become what they are meant to be). |
| 3. * | And Who appoints due measure and then shows the way (to all things as to their functions). |
| 4. * | And Who brings forth the lush pasture. |
| 5. * | And then turns it into rust-brown residue. (18:45). |
| 6. * | (O Messenger) We shall teach you thus that you will never forget. (Mankind need Guidance like all things in the Universe do). |
| 7. * | Allah never Wills you to forget (17:86). Behold, He knows the manifest and what is hidden. |
| 8. * | And thus We shall ease your way to the ultimate ease. (To the end that you will establish the Qur'an in the society). |
| 9. * | Therefore, keep reminding, for, the Reminder does benefit. |
| 10. * | (Behold), he will heed who fears (the consequences of pre-emptive rejection). |
| 11. * | And only the unfortunate will stay on the side-lines. |
| 12. * | He who will be cast into the great Fire. |
| 13. * | Wherein he neither dies nor lives. Mere survival! |
| 14. * | Successful, indeed, is he who primes his 'Self' for development. (Living upright, helping others). |
| 15. * | And keeps foremost in mind the Name and the Attributes of his Lord and then follows through. |
| 16. * | But nay, you prefer the life of this world. (Given to instant gains instead of living upright that ensures success in both lives (2:201), (3:147), (4:134), (7:156), (10:64), (17:72), (28:77), (42:22)). |
| 17. * | Although the Hereafter is better and more enduring. |
| 18. * | Behold, this has been said in the former Revelations as well. ('Suhuf' = Scrolls = Revelations). |
| 19. * | The Revelations of Abraham and Moses. |