Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى
Chapter 87, 19 verses
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى
Who created and proportioned
Who createth, then disposeth;
الذي خلق فسوى
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
And who destined and [then] guided
Who measureth, then guideth;
والذي قدر فهدى
وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
And who brings out the pasture
Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
والذي أخرج المرعى
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ
And [then] makes it black stubble.
Then turneth it to russet stubble.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ
Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.
Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;
إلا ما شاء الله ۚ إنه يعلم الجهر وما يخفى
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
And We will ease you toward ease.
And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.
ونيسرك لليسرى
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
He will heed who feareth,
سيذكر من يخشى
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
But the wretched one will avoid it -
But the most hapless will flout it,
ويتجنبها الأشقى
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
He who will be flung to the great Fire
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
Neither dying therein nor living.
Wherein he will neither die nor live.
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
He is who groweth,
قد أفلح من تزكى
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
But you prefer the worldly life,
But ye prefer the life of the world
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
Lo! This is in the former scrolls.
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ