Chapter 87, 19 verses
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
Who creates, then makes complete,
Who created and proportioned
الذي خلق فسوى
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
And who destined and [then] guided
والذي قدر فهدى
Waallathee qaddara fahada
And Who brings forth herbage,
And who brings out the pasture
والذي أخرج المرعى
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
And [then] makes it black stubble.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.
Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.
إلا ما شاء الله ۚ إنه يعلم الجهر وما يخفى
Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
And We will ease you toward ease.
ونيسرك لليسرى
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
He who fears will mind,
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
سيذكر من يخشى
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
But the wretched one will avoid it -
ويتجنبها الأشقى
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
Who shall enter the great fire;
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
Neither dying therein nor living.
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
قد أفلح من تزكى
Qad aflaha man tazakka
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
But you prefer the worldly life,
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa