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,
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
Who createth, then disposeth;
Who created and proportioned
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
Who measureth, then guideth;
And who destined and [then] guided
Waallathee qaddara fahada
Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
And who brings out the pasture
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
Then turneth it to russet stubble.
And [then] makes it black stubble.
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
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,
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
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.
Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa
And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.
And We will ease you toward ease.
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
He will heed who feareth,
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
But the most hapless will flout it,
But the wretched one will avoid it -
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
He who will be flung to the great Fire
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
Wherein he will neither die nor live.
Neither dying therein nor living.
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
He is who groweth,
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
Qad aflaha man tazakka
And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
But ye prefer the life of the world
But you prefer the worldly life,
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
Lo! This is in the former scrolls.
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa