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
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Who has created (everything), and then proportioned it.
الذي خلق فسوى
Who created and proportioned
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
And who destined and [then] guided
And Who brings out the pasturage,
والذي أخرج المرعى
And who brings out the pasture
And then makes it dark stubble.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
And [then] makes it black 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 will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will 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
Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what 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 will ease you toward ease.
Therefore remind (men) in case the reminder profits (them).
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
The reminder will be received by him who fears (Allah),
سيذكر من يخشى
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
But it will be avoided by the wretched,
ويتجنبها الأشقى
But the wretched one will avoid it -
Who will enter the great Fire (and will be made to taste its burning).
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
There he will neither die (to be in rest) nor live (a good living).
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
Neither dying therein nor living.
Indeed whosoever purifies himself (by avoiding polytheism and accepting Islamic Monotheism) shall achieve success,
قد أفلح من تزكى
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
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 mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
Nay, you prefer the life of this world,
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
But you prefer the worldly life,
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Verily, this is in the former Scriptures -
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
The Scriptures of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Musa (Moses) (عليهما السلام).
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.