Chapter 87, 19 verses
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
الذي خلق فسوى
Who created and proportioned
Waallathee qaddara fahada
والذي قدر فهدى
And who destined and [then] guided
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
والذي أخرج المرعى
And who brings out the pasture
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
فجعله غثاء أحوى
And [then] makes it black stubble.
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa
إلا ما شاء الله ۚ إنه يعلم الجهر وما يخفى
Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
ونيسرك لليسرى
And We will ease you toward ease.
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
سيذكر من يخشى
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
ويتجنبها الأشقى
But the wretched one will avoid it -
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
Neither dying therein nor living.
Qad aflaha man tazakka
قد أفلح من تزكى
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
But you prefer the worldly life,
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
والآخرة خير وأبقى
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.