Chapter 87, 19 verses
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,
Who creates, then makes complete,
Who created and proportioned
Who createth, then disposeth;
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
And who destined and [then] guided
Who measureth, then guideth;
And Who brings forth herbage,
And who brings out the pasture
Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
And [then] makes it black stubble.
Then turneth it to russet stubble.
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget
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.
Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
And We will ease you toward ease.
And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
He who fears will mind,
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
He will heed who feareth,
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
But the wretched one will avoid it -
But the most hapless will flout it,
Who shall enter the great fire;
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
He who will be flung to the great Fire
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
Neither dying therein nor living.
Wherein he will neither die nor live.
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
He is who groweth,
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
But you prefer the worldly life,
But ye prefer the life of the world
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
Lo! This is in the former scrolls.
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
The Books of Abraham and Moses.