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 thy Guardian - Lord Most High,
سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى
Who created and proportioned
الذي خلق فسوى
Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
And who destined and [then] guided
والذي قدر فهدى
Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
And who brings out the pasture
والذي أخرج المرعى
And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ
And [then] makes it black stubble.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt not forget,
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ
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 as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden.
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
And We will ease you toward ease.
ونيسرك لليسرى
And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
سيذكر من يخشى
The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
But the wretched one will avoid it -
ويتجنبها الأشقى
But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Who will enter the Great Fire,
ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
Neither dying therein nor living.
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
In which they will then neither die nor live.
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
قد أفلح من تزكى
But those will prosper who purify themselves,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
And glorify the name of their Guardian - Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.
وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
But you prefer the worldly life,
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), -
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ