Chapter 87, 19 verses
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
Glorify the name of thy Guardian - Lord Most High,
Who creates, then makes complete,
الذي خلق فسوى
Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
والذي قدر فهدى
Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
And Who brings forth herbage,
والذي أخرج المرعى
And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt 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 as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden.
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
ونيسرك لليسرى
And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).
He who fears will mind,
سيذكر من يخشى
The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
ويتجنبها الأشقى
But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
Who shall enter the great fire;
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Who will enter the Great Fire,
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
In which they will then neither die nor live.
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
قد أفلح من تزكى
But those will prosper who purify themselves,
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
And glorify the name of their Guardian - Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), -
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
The Books of Abraham and Moses.