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
Who created and proportioned
الذي خلق فسوى
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
And who destined and [then] guided
والذي قدر فهدى
Waallathee qaddara fahada
And who brings out the pasture
والذي أخرج المرعى
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
And [then] makes it black stubble.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
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
And We will ease you toward ease.
ونيسرك لليسرى
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
سيذكر من يخشى
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
But the wretched one will avoid it -
ويتجنبها الأشقى
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
Neither dying therein nor living.
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
قد أفلح من تزكى
Qad aflaha man tazakka
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
But you prefer the worldly life,
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa