In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
Chapter 87, 19 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
Who has created (everything), and then proportioned it.
Who creates, then makes complete,
الذي خلق فسوى
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
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).
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
والذي قدر فهدى
Waallathee qaddara fahada
And Who brings out the pasturage,
And Who brings forth herbage,
والذي أخرج المرعى
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
And then makes it dark stubble.
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
We shall make you to recite (the Qur'an), so you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) shall not forget (it),
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
Except what Allah may will. He knows what is apparent and what is hidden.
Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.
إلا ما شاء الله ۚ إنه يعلم الجهر وما يخفى
Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa
And We shall make easy for you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the easy way (i.e. the doing of righteous deeds).
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
ونيسرك لليسرى
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
Therefore remind (men) in case the reminder profits (them).
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
The reminder will be received by him who fears (Allah),
He who fears will mind,
سيذكر من يخشى
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
But it will be avoided by the wretched,
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
ويتجنبها الأشقى
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
Who will enter the great Fire (and will be made to taste its burning).
Who shall enter the great fire;
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
There he will neither die (to be in rest) nor live (a good living).
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
Indeed whosoever purifies himself (by avoiding polytheism and accepting Islamic Monotheism) shall achieve success,
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
قد أفلح من تزكى
Qad aflaha man tazakka
And remembers (glorifies) the Name of his Lord (worships none but Allah), and prays (five compulsory prayers and Nawafil - additional prayers).
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
Nay, you prefer the life of this world,
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
Verily, this is in the former Scriptures -
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
The Scriptures of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Musa (Moses) (عليهما السلام).
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa