Chapter 87, 19 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
Who createth, then disposeth;
Who created and proportioned
الذي خلق فسوى
Who measureth, then guideth;
And who destined and [then] guided
والذي قدر فهدى
Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
And who brings out the pasture
والذي أخرج المرعى
Then turneth it to russet stubble.
And [then] makes it black stubble.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;
Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.
إلا ما شاء الله ۚ إنه يعلم الجهر وما يخفى
And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.
And We will ease you toward ease.
ونيسرك لليسرى
Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
He will heed who feareth,
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
سيذكر من يخشى
But the most hapless will flout it,
But the wretched one will avoid it -
ويتجنبها الأشقى
He who will be flung to the great Fire
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Wherein he will neither die nor live.
Neither dying therein nor living.
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
He is who groweth,
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
قد أفلح من تزكى
And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
But ye prefer the life of the world
But you prefer the worldly life,
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
Lo! This is in the former scrolls.
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
صحف إبراهيم وموسى