In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Chapter 87, 19 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
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.
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
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).
Waallathee qaddara fahada
والذي قدر فهدى
And who destined and [then] guided
And Who brings out the pasturage,
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
والذي أخرج المرعى
And who brings out the pasture
And then makes it dark stubble.
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
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),
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
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.
Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa
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).
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
ونيسرك لليسرى
And We will ease you toward ease.
Therefore remind (men) in case the reminder profits (them).
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
The reminder will be received by him who fears (Allah),
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
سيذكر من يخشى
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
But it will be avoided by the wretched,
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
ويتجنبها الأشقى
But the wretched one will avoid it -
Who will enter the great Fire (and will be made to taste its burning).
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
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).
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
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,
Qad aflaha man tazakka
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).
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
Nay, you prefer the life of this world,
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
But you prefer the worldly life,
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
والآخرة خير وأبقى
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Verily, this is in the former Scriptures -
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
The Scriptures of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Musa (Moses) (عليهما السلام).
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.