Chapter 87, 19 verses
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى
Who creates, then makes complete,
الذي خلق فسوى
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
والذي قدر فهدى
Waallathee qaddara fahada
وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
And Who brings forth herbage,
والذي أخرج المرعى
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ
Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.
إلا ما شاء الله ۚ إنه يعلم الجهر وما يخفى
Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
ونيسرك لليسرى
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
He who fears will mind,
سيذكر من يخشى
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
ويتجنبها الأشقى
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى
Who shall enter the great fire;
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
قد أفلح من تزكى
Qad aflaha man tazakka
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ