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
Glorify the name of thy Guardian - Lord Most High,
Who has created (everything), and then proportioned it.
الذي خلق فسوى
Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;
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 hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
And Who brings out the pasturage,
والذي أخرج المرعى
And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
And then makes it dark stubble.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
And then doth make it (but) swarthy 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
By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so 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
Except as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest 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 make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).
Therefore remind (men) in case the reminder profits (them).
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).
The reminder will be received by him who fears (Allah),
سيذكر من يخشى
The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):
But it will be avoided by the wretched,
ويتجنبها الأشقى
But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
Who will enter the great Fire (and will be made to taste its burning).
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Who will enter the Great Fire,
There he will neither die (to be in rest) nor live (a good living).
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
In which they will then neither die nor live.
Indeed whosoever purifies himself (by avoiding polytheism and accepting Islamic Monotheism) shall achieve success,
قد أفلح من تزكى
But those will prosper who purify themselves,
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 glorify the name of their Guardian - Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.
Nay, you prefer the life of this world,
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Verily, this is in the former Scriptures -
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), -
The Scriptures of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Musa (Moses) (عليهما السلام).
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
The Books of Abraham and Moses.