Chapter 87, 19 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى
Who createth, then disposeth;
Who creates, then makes complete,
الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Who measureth, then guideth;
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
وَالَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
And Who brings forth herbage,
وَالَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعَىٰ
Then turneth it to russet stubble.
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَاءً أَحْوَىٰ
We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰ
Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;
Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.
إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ الذِّكْرَىٰ
He will heed who feareth,
He who fears will mind,
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
But the most hapless will flout it,
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى
He who will be flung to the great Fire
Who shall enter the great fire;
الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرَىٰ
Wherein he will neither die nor live.
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
He is who groweth,
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ
But ye prefer the life of the world
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ
Lo! This is in the former scrolls.
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَىٰ
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ