Chapter 87, 19 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
Glorify the name of thy Guardian - Lord Most High,
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
الذي خلق فسوى
Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;
Who creates, then makes complete,
والذي قدر فهدى
Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
والذي أخرج المرعى
And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
And Who brings forth herbage,
فجعله غثاء أحوى
And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt not forget,
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
إلا ما شاء الله ۚ إنه يعلم الجهر وما يخفى
Except as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden.
Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.
ونيسرك لليسرى
And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
سيذكر من يخشى
The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):
He who fears will mind,
ويتجنبها الأشقى
But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Who will enter the Great Fire,
Who shall enter the great fire;
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
In which they will then neither die nor live.
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
قد أفلح من تزكى
But those will prosper who purify themselves,
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
And glorify the name of their Guardian - Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
والآخرة خير وأبقى
But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), -
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.