Chapter 87, 19 verses
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
Who creates, then makes complete,
Who createth, then disposeth;
الذي خلق فسوى
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
Who measureth, then guideth;
والذي قدر فهدى
And Who brings forth herbage,
Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
والذي أخرج المرعى
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
Then turneth it to russet stubble.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.
Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;
إلا ما شاء الله ۚ إنه يعلم الجهر وما يخفى
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.
ونيسرك لليسرى
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
He who fears will mind,
He will heed who feareth,
سيذكر من يخشى
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
But the most hapless will flout it,
ويتجنبها الأشقى
Who shall enter the great fire;
He who will be flung to the great Fire
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
Wherein he will neither die nor live.
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
He is who groweth,
قد أفلح من تزكى
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
But ye prefer the life of the world
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
Lo! This is in the former scrolls.
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
صحف إبراهيم وموسى