Quran Ayah al-A`la (The Most High, Glory to your Lord in the Highest) 87:17 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

although the life to come is better and more enduring

Arthur John Arberry

and the world to come is better, and more enduring

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

But the Hereafter is better and more enduring

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Arabic

وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ

Arabic

وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ

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wal-ākhiratu khayrun wa-abqā

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while the Hereafter is far Better and Everlasting (i.e., permanent)

Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more

While the Hereafter (is) better and everlasting.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

although the life to come is better and more enduring

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

But the Hereafter is better and more enduring

M. M. Pickthall

Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

even though the Hereafter is far better and more lasting.

Wahiduddin Khan

although the Hereafter is better and more lasting

Safi Kaskas

whereas the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

yet the world to come is better, and one that endures.

T.B.Irving

whereas the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

Shakir

While the hereafter is better and more lasting

Abdul Hye

although the Hereafter is better and everlasting.

Saeed Malik

while the Hereafter is better and outlasting.

The Study Quran

while the Hereafter is better and more enduring

Talal Itani (2012)

Though the Hereafter is better, and more lasting

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

While the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

But the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

M. Farook Malik

while the Hereafter is better and everlasting

Dr. Kamal Omar

although the Hereafter is better and more lasting

Dr. Munir Munshey

Although the hereafter _ (the life-to-come) _ is far superior and more enduring

Syed Vickar Ahamed

But the Hereafter is better and (it) lasts longer

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

While the Hereafter is better and more enduring

Muhammad Sarwar

even though the life hereafter will be better and will last forever

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

while the Hereafter is much better and much more durable

Shabbir Ahmed

Although the Hereafter is better and more enduring

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And the Hereafter is more charitable (i.e., better) and more enduring

Hamid S. Aziz

Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting

Abdel Haleem

even though the Hereafter is better and more lasting

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Whereas the Hereafter is better and more lasting

Ahmed Ali

Though the life to come is better and abiding

Aisha Bewley

when the akhira is better and longer lasting.

Ali Ünal

While the Hereafter is better and more lasting

Ali Quli Qara'i

while the Hereafter is better and more lasting

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

But the hereafter is better and longer lasting

Musharraf Hussain

yet the Hereafter is far better and everlasting.

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

while the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

Maududi

whereas the Hereafter is better and more enduring

Mohammad Shafi

Whereas the Hereafter is better and enduring

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And the Hereafter is better and lasting.

Rashad Khalifa

Even though the Hereafter is far better and everlasting

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

but the Everlasting Life is better, and more enduring

Faridul Haque

Whereas the Hereafter is better and everlasting

Bijan Moeinian

…. it is life after death which is worth and ever lasting

Maulana Muhammad Ali

While the Hereafter is better and more lasting

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

And the end (other life is) better and more lasting (everlasting)

Sher Ali

Whereas the Hereafter is better and more lasting

Edip Yuksel

But the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

Amatul Rahman Omar

Though the (the life in) the Hereafter is much better and more lasting

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Whereas (the comfort and pleasure of) the Hereafter is preferable and everlasting

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

although the life to come is better and more lasting

Arthur John Arberry

and the world to come is better, and more enduring

Edward Henry Palmer

while the hereafter is better and more lasting

George Sale

Yet the life to come is better, and more durable

John Medows Rodwell

Though the life to come is better and more enduring

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

while (Wa) the hereafter (El'Aakhiratu) is better (Khai'run) and (Wa) more lasting (Ab'qaa). (28:60)

Fode Drame

But the hereafter is better and more lasting.

Munir Mezyed

Whereas the Hereafter is far better and everlasting.

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

Whereas the hereafter is better and more lasting.

Linda “iLHam” Barto

But the hereafter is better and permanent.

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

though the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

whereas the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

Samy Mahdy

And the Hereafter is more goodness, and more lasting.

Sayyid Qutb

while the life to come is better and longer lasting.

Ali Quli Qarai

while the Hereafter is better and more lasting.’

Thomas Cleary

though the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

Ahmed Hulusi

When the life after (the dimension of power and consciousness) is much better and more lasting.

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

A. S. Mohamed

when the Hereafter is better and longer lasting.

Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)

"even though the Next Life is better, and more lasting."

Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli

While the world to come is better and more lasting

Mir Aneesuddin

while the hereafter is better and that which remains.

Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim

While the Hereafter is far better, blissful, infinitely lasting and enduring

The Wise Quran Project

And the hereafter is better and more lasting.

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

But the Hereafter is better and more enduring

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

Butthe Hereafter is better and more lasting.

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

But the Hereafter is better and more lasting

OLD Literal Word for Word

While the Hereafter (is) better and everlasting

OLD Transliteration

Waal-akhiratu khayrun waabqa

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