Chapter 87, 19 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,
Who has created (everything), and then proportioned it.
Who created and proportioned
Who createth, then disposeth;
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 destined and [then] guided
Who measureth, then guideth;
And Who brings out the pasturage,
And who brings out the pasture
Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
And then makes it dark stubble.
And [then] makes it black stubble.
Then turneth it to russet stubble.
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, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget
Except what Allah may will. He knows what is apparent and what is hidden.
Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.
Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still 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).
And We will ease you toward ease.
And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.
Therefore remind (men) in case the reminder profits (them).
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
The reminder will be received by him who fears (Allah),
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
He will heed who feareth,
But it will be avoided by the wretched,
But the wretched one will avoid it -
But the most hapless will flout it,
Who will enter the great Fire (and will be made to taste its burning).
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
He who will be flung to the great Fire
There he will neither die (to be in rest) nor live (a good living).
Neither dying therein nor living.
Wherein he will neither die nor live.
Indeed whosoever purifies himself (by avoiding polytheism and accepting Islamic Monotheism) shall achieve success,
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
He is who groweth,
And remembers (glorifies) the Name of his Lord (worships none but Allah), and prays (five compulsory prayers and Nawafil - additional prayers).
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
Nay, you prefer the life of this world,
But you prefer the worldly life,
But ye prefer the life of the world
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
Verily, this is in the former Scriptures -
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
Lo! This is in the former scrolls.
The Scriptures of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Musa (Moses) (عليهما السلام).
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
The Books of Abraham and Moses.