Chapter 87, 19 verses
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
Who creates, then makes complete,
Who created and proportioned
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Waallathee qaddara fahada
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
And who destined and [then] guided
وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
And Who brings forth herbage,
And who brings out the pasture
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
And [then] makes it black stubble.
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will 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.
Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what 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 will ease you toward ease.
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
He who fears will mind,
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
But the wretched one will avoid it -
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
Who shall enter the great fire;
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
Neither dying therein nor living.
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
Qad aflaha man tazakka
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
But you prefer the worldly life,
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ