Chapter 87, 19 verses
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,
سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى
Who creates, then makes complete,
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
Who createth, then disposeth;
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
Waallathee qaddara fahada
Who measureth, then guideth;
وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
And Who brings forth herbage,
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
Then turneth it to russet stubble.
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ
Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.
Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa
Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
He who fears will mind,
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
He will heed who feareth,
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
But the most hapless will flout it,
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى
Who shall enter the great fire;
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
He who will be flung to the great Fire
ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
Wherein he will neither die nor live.
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
Qad aflaha man tazakka
He is who groweth,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
But ye prefer the life of the world
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
Lo! This is in the former scrolls.
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ