Chapter 87, 19 verses
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Who created and proportioned
الذي خلق فسوى
Who creates, then makes complete,
And who destined and [then] guided
والذي قدر فهدى
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
And who brings out the pasture
والذي أخرج المرعى
And Who brings forth herbage,
And [then] makes it black stubble.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.
إلا ما شاء الله ۚ إنه يعلم الجهر وما يخفى
Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.
And We will ease you toward ease.
ونيسرك لليسرى
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
سيذكر من يخشى
He who fears will mind,
But the wretched one will avoid it -
ويتجنبها الأشقى
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Who shall enter the great fire;
Neither dying therein nor living.
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
قد أفلح من تزكى
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
But you prefer the worldly life,
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.