Chapter 87, 19 verses
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى
Who creates, then makes complete,
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
Who created and proportioned
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
Waallathee qaddara fahada
And who destined and [then] guided
وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
And Who brings forth herbage,
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
And who brings out the pasture
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
And [then] makes it black stubble.
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will 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
Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what 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 will ease you toward ease.
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
He who fears will mind,
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
But the wretched one will avoid it -
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى
Who shall enter the great fire;
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
Neither dying therein nor living.
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
Qad aflaha man tazakka
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
But you prefer the worldly life,
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ