1 Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,
2 Who createth, then disposeth;
3 Who measureth, then guideth;
4 Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
5 Then turneth it to russet stubble.
87:1-11
1 Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,
2 Who createth, then disposeth;
3 Who measureth, then guideth;
4 Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
5 Then turneth it to russet stubble.
6We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget
7 Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;
8 And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.
9 Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
10 He will heed who feareth,
11 But the most hapless will flout it,
We [Allah] will make you (Muhammad) read, [1]
so you won't forget.
87:12-17
12He who will be flung to the great Fire
13Wherein he will neither die nor live.
14 He is successful who groweth,
15 And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
16 But ye prefer the life of the world
17 Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
Those who are flung into the great Fire
will neither live nor die.
87:18-19
This is in the former scrolls:
the books of Abraham and Moses. [2]
Notes
That seems like a good plan. The prophet that Allah chose to create the Quran should know how to read.
Allah said he'd make him read, but he never did. Muhammad died illiterate.
There is very little in the Quran that is in the "former books" (the Hebrew scriptures.)
And it's unlikely that Moses (if he existed) had anything to do with writing the Torah. And Abraham didn't write anything in the "former books."
