Chapter 87, 19 verses
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
Glorify the name of thy Guardian - Lord Most High,
سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى
Who creates, then makes complete,
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
Waallathee qaddara fahada
Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
And Who brings forth herbage,
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so 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
Except as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest 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 make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
He who fears will mind,
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى
Who shall enter the great fire;
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
Who will enter the Great Fire,
ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
In which they will then neither die nor live.
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
Qad aflaha man tazakka
But those will prosper who purify themselves,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
And glorify the name of their Guardian - Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.
وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), -
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ