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
Glorify the name of thy Guardian - Lord Most High,
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
Who creates, then makes complete,
الذي خلق فسوى
Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;
Waallathee qaddara fahada
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
والذي قدر فهدى
Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
And Who brings forth herbage,
والذي أخرج المرعى
And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so 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
Except as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden.
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
ونيسرك لليسرى
And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
He who fears will mind,
سيذكر من يخشى
The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
ويتجنبها الأشقى
But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
Who shall enter the great fire;
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Who will enter the Great Fire,
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
In which they will then neither die nor live.
Qad aflaha man tazakka
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
قد أفلح من تزكى
But those will prosper who purify themselves,
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
And glorify the name of their Guardian - Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), -
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
The Books of Abraham and Moses.