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
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
Who creates, then makes complete,
الذي خلق فسوى
Waallathee qaddara fahada
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
والذي قدر فهدى
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
And Who brings forth herbage,
والذي أخرج المرعى
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
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
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
ونيسرك لليسرى
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
He who fears will mind,
سيذكر من يخشى
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
ويتجنبها الأشقى
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
Who shall enter the great fire;
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
Qad aflaha man tazakka
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
قد أفلح من تزكى
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
صحف إبراهيم وموسى