Chapter 87, 19 verses
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
Who created and proportioned
Who creates, then makes complete,
الذي خلق فسوى
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
And who destined and [then] guided
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
والذي قدر فهدى
Waallathee qaddara fahada
And who brings out the pasture
And Who brings forth herbage,
والذي أخرج المرعى
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
And [then] makes it black stubble.
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.
Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, 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.
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
ونيسرك لليسرى
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
He who fears will mind,
سيذكر من يخشى
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
But the wretched one will avoid it -
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
ويتجنبها الأشقى
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
Who shall enter the great fire;
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
Neither dying therein nor living.
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
قد أفلح من تزكى
Qad aflaha man tazakka
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
But you prefer the worldly life,
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa