Chapter 87, 19 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,
Who has created (everything), and then proportioned it.
الذي خلق فسوى
Who createth, then disposeth;
And Who has measured (preordainments for everything even to be blessed or wretched); and then guided (i.e. showed mankind the right as well as the wrong paths, and guided the animals to pasture).
والذي قدر فهدى
Who measureth, then guideth;
And Who brings out the pasturage,
والذي أخرج المرعى
Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
And then makes it dark stubble.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
Then turneth it to russet stubble.
We shall make you to recite (the Qur'an), so you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) shall not forget (it),
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget
Except what Allah may will. He knows what is apparent and what is hidden.
إلا ما شاء الله ۚ إنه يعلم الجهر وما يخفى
Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;
And We shall make easy for you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the easy way (i.e. the doing of righteous deeds).
ونيسرك لليسرى
And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.
Therefore remind (men) in case the reminder profits (them).
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
The reminder will be received by him who fears (Allah),
سيذكر من يخشى
He will heed who feareth,
But it will be avoided by the wretched,
ويتجنبها الأشقى
But the most hapless will flout it,
Who will enter the great Fire (and will be made to taste its burning).
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
He who will be flung to the great Fire
There he will neither die (to be in rest) nor live (a good living).
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
Wherein he will neither die nor live.
Indeed whosoever purifies himself (by avoiding polytheism and accepting Islamic Monotheism) shall achieve success,
قد أفلح من تزكى
He is who groweth,
And remembers (glorifies) the Name of his Lord (worships none but Allah), and prays (five compulsory prayers and Nawafil - additional prayers).
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
Nay, you prefer the life of this world,
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
But ye prefer the life of the world
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
Verily, this is in the former Scriptures -
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
Lo! This is in the former scrolls.
The Scriptures of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Musa (Moses) (عليهما السلام).
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
The Books of Abraham and Moses.