Chapter 87, 19 verses
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
Exalt 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,
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
Who created and proportioned
Who createth, then disposeth;
Waallathee qaddara fahada
And who destined and [then] guided
Who measureth, then guideth;
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
And who brings out the pasture
Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
And [then] makes it black stubble.
Then turneth it to russet stubble.
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt 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.
Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
And We will ease you toward ease.
And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
He will heed who feareth,
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
But the wretched one will avoid it -
But the most hapless will flout it,
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
He who will be flung to the great Fire
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
Neither dying therein nor living.
Wherein he will neither die nor live.
Qad aflaha man tazakka
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
He is who groweth,
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
But you prefer the worldly life,
But ye prefer the life of the world
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
Lo! This is in the former scrolls.
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
The Books of Abraham and Moses.