Chapter 87, 19 verses
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Glorify the name of thy Guardian - Lord Most High,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
Who creates, then makes complete,
Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;
الذي خلق فسوى
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
والذي قدر فهدى
And Who brings forth herbage,
And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
والذي أخرج المرعى
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt not forget,
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.
Except as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest 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 make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).
ونيسرك لليسرى
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
He who fears will mind,
The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):
سيذكر من يخشى
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
ويتجنبها الأشقى
Who shall enter the great fire;
Who will enter the Great Fire,
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
In which they will then neither die nor live.
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
But those will prosper who purify themselves,
قد أفلح من تزكى
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
And glorify the name of their Guardian - Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), -
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
صحف إبراهيم وموسى