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
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Who creates, then makes complete,
الذي خلق فسوى
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
Who created and proportioned
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
والذي قدر فهدى
Waallathee qaddara fahada
And who destined and [then] guided
And Who brings forth herbage,
والذي أخرج المرعى
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
And who brings out the pasture
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
And [then] makes it black stubble.
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
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
Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
ونيسرك لليسرى
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
And We will ease you toward ease.
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
He who fears will mind,
سيذكر من يخشى
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
ويتجنبها الأشقى
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
But the wretched one will avoid it -
Who shall enter the great fire;
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
Neither dying therein nor living.
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
قد أفلح من تزكى
Qad aflaha man tazakka
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
But you prefer the worldly life,
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.