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,
Who created and proportioned
الذي خلق فسوى
Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;
And who destined and [then] guided
والذي قدر فهدى
Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
And who brings out the pasture
والذي أخرج المرعى
And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
And [then] makes it black stubble.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
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,
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.
And We will ease you toward ease.
ونيسرك لليسرى
And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
سيذكر من يخشى
The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):
But the wretched one will avoid it -
ويتجنبها الأشقى
But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Who will enter the Great Fire,
Neither dying therein nor living.
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
In which they will then neither die nor live.
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
قد أفلح من تزكى
But those will prosper who purify themselves,
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.
But you prefer the worldly life,
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), -
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
The Books of Abraham and Moses.