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,
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى
Who creates, then makes complete,
Who createth, then disposeth;
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
Who measureth, then guideth;
Waallathee qaddara fahada
وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
And Who brings forth herbage,
Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
Then turneth it to russet stubble.
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ
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;
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.
And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
He who fears will mind,
He will heed who feareth,
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
But the most hapless will flout it,
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى
Who shall enter the great fire;
He who will be flung to the great Fire
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
Wherein he will neither die nor live.
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
He is who groweth,
Qad aflaha man tazakka
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
But ye prefer the life of the world
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
Lo! This is in the former scrolls.
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ