Chapter 87, 19 verses
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Glorify the name of thy Guardian - Lord 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 hath created, and further, given order and proportion;
Who createth, then disposeth;
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
Who measureth, then guideth;
And Who brings forth herbage,
And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
Then turneth it to russet stubble.
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,
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 as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest 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 make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).
And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).
Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
He who fears will mind,
The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):
He will heed who feareth,
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
But the most hapless will flout it,
Who shall enter the great fire;
Who will enter the Great Fire,
He who will be flung to the great Fire
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
In which they will then neither die nor live.
Wherein he will neither die nor live.
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
But those will prosper who purify themselves,
He is who groweth,
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
And glorify the name of their Guardian - Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.
And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
But ye prefer the life of the world
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), -
Lo! This is in the former scrolls.
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
The Books of Abraham and Moses.