Chapter 87, 19 verses
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى
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,
الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Who has created (everything), and then proportioned it.
Who creates, then makes complete,
وَالَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
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),
وَالَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعَىٰ
And Who brings out the pasturage,
And Who brings forth herbage,
فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَاءً أَحْوَىٰ
And then makes it dark stubble.
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰ
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,
إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
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.
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
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.
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ الذِّكْرَىٰ
Therefore remind (men) in case the reminder profits (them).
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
The reminder will be received by him who fears (Allah),
He who fears will mind,
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى
But it will be avoided by the wretched,
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرَىٰ
Who will enter the great Fire (and will be made to taste its burning).
Who shall enter the great fire;
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
There he will neither die (to be in rest) nor live (a good living).
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
Indeed whosoever purifies himself (by avoiding polytheism and accepting Islamic Monotheism) shall achieve success,
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ
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.
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
Nay, you prefer the life of this world,
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَىٰ
Verily, this is in the former Scriptures -
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ
The Scriptures of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Musa (Moses) (عليهما السلام).
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.