Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,
Chapter 87, 19 verses
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
Who creates, then makes complete,
الذي خلق فسوى
Who createth, then disposeth;
Waallathee qaddara fahada
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
والذي قدر فهدى
Who measureth, then guideth;
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
And Who brings forth herbage,
والذي أخرج المرعى
Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
Then turneth it to russet stubble.
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget
Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa
Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.
إلا ما شاء الله ۚ إنه يعلم الجهر وما يخفى
Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
ونيسرك لليسرى
And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
He who fears will mind,
سيذكر من يخشى
He will heed who feareth,
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
ويتجنبها الأشقى
But the most hapless will flout it,
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
Who shall enter the great fire;
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
He who will be flung to the great Fire
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
Wherein he will neither die nor live.
Qad aflaha man tazakka
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
قد أفلح من تزكى
He is who groweth,
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
But ye prefer the life of the world
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
Lo! This is in the former scrolls.
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
The Books of Abraham and Moses.