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,
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
Who created and proportioned
Who createth, then disposeth;
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
And who destined and [then] guided
Who measureth, then guideth;
Waallathee qaddara fahada
And who brings out the pasture
Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
And [then] makes it black stubble.
Then turneth it to russet stubble.
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
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
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
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;
Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa
And We will ease you toward ease.
And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
He will heed who feareth,
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
But the wretched one will avoid it -
But the most hapless will flout it,
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
He who will be flung to the great Fire
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
Neither dying therein nor living.
Wherein he will neither die nor live.
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
He is who groweth,
Qad aflaha man tazakka
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
But you prefer the worldly life,
But ye prefer the life of the world
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
Lo! This is in the former scrolls.
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa