Chapter 87, 19 verses
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
Who creates, then makes complete,
Who created and proportioned
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
الذي خلق فسوى
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
And who destined and [then] guided
Waallathee qaddara fahada
والذي قدر فهدى
And Who brings forth herbage,
And who brings out the pasture
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
والذي أخرج المرعى
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
And [then] makes it black stubble.
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
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,
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
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.
Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa
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.
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
ونيسرك لليسرى
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
He who fears will mind,
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
سيذكر من يخشى
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
But the wretched one will avoid it -
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
ويتجنبها الأشقى
Who shall enter the great fire;
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
Neither dying therein nor living.
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
Qad aflaha man tazakka
قد أفلح من تزكى
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
But you prefer the worldly life,
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
والآخرة خير وأبقى
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
صحف إبراهيم وموسى