Chapter 87, 19 verses
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
Glorify the name of thy Guardian - Lord Most High,
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
الذي خلق فسوى
Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;
Who created and proportioned
Waallathee qaddara fahada
والذي قدر فهدى
Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
And who destined and [then] guided
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
والذي أخرج المرعى
And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
And who brings out the pasture
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
فجعله غثاء أحوى
And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
And [then] makes it black stubble.
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt not forget,
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 as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden.
Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
ونيسرك لليسرى
And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).
And We will ease you toward ease.
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
سيذكر من يخشى
The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
ويتجنبها الأشقى
But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
But the wretched one will avoid it -
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Who will enter the Great Fire,
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
In which they will then neither die nor live.
Neither dying therein nor living.
Qad aflaha man tazakka
قد أفلح من تزكى
But those will prosper who purify themselves,
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
And glorify the name of their Guardian - Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
But you prefer the worldly life,
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
والآخرة خير وأبقى
But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), -
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.