Chapter 87, 19 verses
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
الذي خلق فسوى
Who creates, then makes complete,
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Waallathee qaddara fahada
والذي قدر فهدى
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
والذي أخرج المرعى
And Who brings forth herbage,
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
فجعله غثاء أحوى
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ
Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa
إلا ما شاء الله ۚ إنه يعلم الجهر وما يخفى
Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
ونيسرك لليسرى
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
سيذكر من يخشى
He who fears will mind,
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
ويتجنبها الأشقى
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Who shall enter the great fire;
ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
Qad aflaha man tazakka
قد أفلح من تزكى
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
والآخرة خير وأبقى
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ