Chapter 87, 19 verses
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
Glorify the name of thy Guardian - Lord Most High,
Who created and proportioned
الذي خلق فسوى
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;
And who destined and [then] guided
والذي قدر فهدى
Waallathee qaddara fahada
Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
And who brings out the pasture
والذي أخرج المرعى
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
And [then] makes it black stubble.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt 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
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 will ease you toward ease.
ونيسرك لليسرى
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
سيذكر من يخشى
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):
But the wretched one will avoid it -
ويتجنبها الأشقى
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
Who will enter the Great Fire,
Neither dying therein nor living.
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
In which they will then neither die nor live.
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
قد أفلح من تزكى
Qad aflaha man tazakka
But those will prosper who purify themselves,
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
And glorify the name of their Guardian - Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.
But you prefer the worldly life,
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), -
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
The Books of Abraham and Moses.