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,
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Who creates, then makes complete,
Who createth, then disposeth;
Who created and proportioned
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
Who measureth, then guideth;
And who destined and [then] guided
And Who brings forth herbage,
Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
And who brings out the pasture
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
Then turneth it to russet stubble.
And [then] makes it black stubble.
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget
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.
Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;
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.
And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.
And We will ease you toward ease.
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
He who fears will mind,
He will heed who feareth,
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
But the most hapless will flout it,
But the wretched one will avoid it -
Who shall enter the great fire;
He who will be flung to the great Fire
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
Wherein he will neither die nor live.
Neither dying therein nor living.
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
He is who groweth,
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
But ye prefer the life of the world
But you prefer the worldly life,
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
Lo! This is in the former scrolls.
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.