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
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Who has created (everything), and then proportioned it.
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
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
And who destined and [then] guided
And Who brings out the pasturage,
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
And who brings out the pasture
And then makes it dark stubble.
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
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
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
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
And We will ease you toward ease.
Therefore remind (men) in case the reminder profits (them).
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
The reminder will be received by him who fears (Allah),
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
But it will be avoided by the wretched,
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
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
[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
Neither dying therein nor living.
Indeed whosoever purifies himself (by avoiding polytheism and accepting Islamic Monotheism) shall achieve success,
Qad aflaha man tazakka
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
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
Nay, you prefer the life of this world,
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
But you prefer the worldly life,
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Verily, this is in the former Scriptures -
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
The Scriptures of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Musa (Moses) (عليهما السلام).
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.