Chapter 87, 19 verses
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
Who created and proportioned
الذي خلق فسوى
Who creates, then makes complete,
Waallathee qaddara fahada
And who destined and [then] guided
والذي قدر فهدى
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
And who brings out the pasture
والذي أخرج المرعى
And Who brings forth herbage,
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
And [then] makes it black stubble.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa
Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.
إلا ما شاء الله ۚ إنه يعلم الجهر وما يخفى
Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
And We will ease you toward ease.
ونيسرك لليسرى
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
سيذكر من يخشى
He who fears will mind,
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
But the wretched one will avoid it -
ويتجنبها الأشقى
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Who shall enter the great fire;
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
Neither dying therein nor living.
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
Qad aflaha man tazakka
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
قد أفلح من تزكى
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
But you prefer the worldly life,
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.