Chapter 87, 19 verses
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى
Glorify the name of thy Guardian - Lord Most High,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,
الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;
Who createth, then disposeth;
وَالَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
Who measureth, then guideth;
وَالَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعَىٰ
And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَاءً أَحْوَىٰ
And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
Then turneth it to russet stubble.
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰ
By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt not forget,
We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget
إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
Except as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden.
Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).
And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ الذِّكْرَىٰ
Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).
Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):
He will heed who feareth,
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى
But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
But the most hapless will flout it,
الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرَىٰ
Who will enter the Great Fire,
He who will be flung to the great Fire
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
In which they will then neither die nor live.
Wherein he will neither die nor live.
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
But those will prosper who purify themselves,
He is who groweth,
وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ
And glorify the name of their Guardian - Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.
And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
But ye prefer the life of the world
وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ
But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَىٰ
And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), -
Lo! This is in the former scrolls.
صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
The Books of Abraham and Moses.