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
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
Who created and proportioned
الذي خلق فسوى
Waallathee qaddara fahada
And who destined and [then] guided
والذي قدر فهدى
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
And who brings out the pasture
والذي أخرج المرعى
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
And [then] makes it black stubble.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
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
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
And We will ease you toward ease.
ونيسرك لليسرى
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
سيذكر من يخشى
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
But the wretched one will avoid it -
ويتجنبها الأشقى
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
Neither dying therein nor living.
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
Qad aflaha man tazakka
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
قد أفلح من تزكى
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
But you prefer the worldly life,
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
صحف إبراهيم وموسى