Chapter 87, 19 verses
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,
سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
Who creates, then makes complete,
Who createth, then disposeth;
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Waallathee qaddara fahada
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
Who measureth, then guideth;
وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
And Who brings forth herbage,
Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
Then turneth it to russet stubble.
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ
Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa
Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.
Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
He who fears will mind,
He will heed who feareth,
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
But the most hapless will flout it,
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
Who shall enter the great fire;
He who will be flung to the great Fire
ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
Wherein he will neither die nor live.
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
Qad aflaha man tazakka
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
He is who groweth,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
But ye prefer the life of the world
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
Lo! This is in the former scrolls.
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ