Chapter 87, 19 verses
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Who creates, then makes complete,
الذي خلق فسوى
Who created and proportioned
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
والذي قدر فهدى
And who destined and [then] guided
And Who brings forth herbage,
والذي أخرج المرعى
And who brings out the pasture
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
And [then] makes it black stubble.
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
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
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
And We will ease you toward ease.
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
He who fears will mind,
سيذكر من يخشى
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
ويتجنبها الأشقى
But the wretched one will avoid it -
Who shall enter the great fire;
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
Neither dying therein nor living.
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
قد أفلح من تزكى
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
But you prefer the worldly life,
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.