Chapter 87, 19 verses
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
Glorify the name of thy Guardian - Lord Most High,
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;
Who creates, then makes complete,
Waallathee qaddara fahada
Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
And Who brings forth herbage,
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt not forget,
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa
Except as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden.
Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):
He who fears will mind,
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
Who will enter the Great Fire,
Who shall enter the great fire;
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
In which they will then neither die nor live.
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
Qad aflaha man tazakka
But those will prosper who purify themselves,
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
And glorify the name of their Guardian - Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), -
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.