Chapter 87, 19 verses
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Glorify 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,
Who created and proportioned
Who creates, then makes complete,
Who createth, then disposeth;
And who destined and [then] guided
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
Who measureth, then guideth;
And who brings out the pasture
And Who brings forth herbage,
Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
And [then] makes it black stubble.
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
Then turneth it to russet stubble.
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget
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.
Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;
And We will ease you toward ease.
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
He who fears will mind,
He will heed who feareth,
But the wretched one will avoid it -
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
But the most hapless will flout it,
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
Who shall enter the great fire;
He who will be flung to the great Fire
Neither dying therein nor living.
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
Wherein he will neither die nor live.
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
He is who groweth,
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
But you prefer the worldly life,
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
But ye prefer the life of the world
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
Lo! This is in the former scrolls.
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
The Books of Abraham and Moses.