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
Glorify the name of thy Guardian - Lord Most High,
Who has created (everything), and then proportioned it.
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
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).
Waallathee qaddara fahada
Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
And Who brings out the pasturage,
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
And then makes it dark stubble.
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
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),
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
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.
Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa
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).
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).
Therefore remind (men) in case the reminder profits (them).
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).
The reminder will be received by him who fears (Allah),
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):
But it will be avoided by the wretched,
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
Who will enter the great Fire (and will be made to taste its burning).
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
Who will enter the Great Fire,
There he will neither die (to be in rest) nor live (a good living).
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
In which they will then neither die nor live.
Indeed whosoever purifies himself (by avoiding polytheism and accepting Islamic Monotheism) shall achieve success,
Qad aflaha man tazakka
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).
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
And glorify the name of their Guardian - Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.
Nay, you prefer the life of this world,
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Verily, this is in the former Scriptures -
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), -
The Scriptures of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Musa (Moses) (عليهما السلام).
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
The Books of Abraham and Moses.