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
Who creates, then makes complete,
Who created and proportioned
الذي خلق فسوى
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
And who destined and [then] guided
والذي قدر فهدى
And Who brings forth herbage,
And who brings out the pasture
والذي أخرج المرعى
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
And [then] makes it black stubble.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
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
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
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
And We will ease you toward ease.
ونيسرك لليسرى
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
He who fears will mind,
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
سيذكر من يخشى
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
But the wretched one will avoid it -
ويتجنبها الأشقى
Who shall enter the great fire;
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
Neither dying therein nor living.
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
قد أفلح من تزكى
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
But you prefer the worldly life,
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
صحف إبراهيم وموسى