Arabic
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
Shakir
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
الأعـلى
Chapter 87, 19 verses
Arabic
الذي خلق فسوى
Shakir
Who creates, then makes complete,
Arabic
والذي قدر فهدى
Shakir
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
Arabic
والذي أخرج المرعى
Shakir
And Who brings forth herbage,
Arabic
فجعله غثاء أحوى
Shakir
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
Arabic
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
Shakir
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
Arabic
إلا ما شاء الله ۚ إنه يعلم الجهر وما يخفى
Shakir
Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.
Arabic
ونيسرك لليسرى
Shakir
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
Arabic
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
Shakir
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
Arabic
سيذكر من يخشى
Shakir
He who fears will mind,
Arabic
ويتجنبها الأشقى
Shakir
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
Arabic
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Shakir
Who shall enter the great fire;
Arabic
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
Shakir
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
Arabic
قد أفلح من تزكى
Shakir
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
Arabic
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
Shakir
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
Arabic
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
Shakir
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
Arabic
والآخرة خير وأبقى
Shakir
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
Arabic
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
Shakir
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
Arabic
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
Shakir
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.