Chapter 87, 19 verses
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى
Who created and proportioned
Who creates, then makes complete,
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
And who destined and [then] guided
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
Waallathee qaddara fahada
وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
And who brings out the pasture
And Who brings forth herbage,
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ
And [then] makes it black stubble.
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ
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.
Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
And We will ease you toward ease.
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
He who fears will mind,
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
But the wretched one will avoid it -
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
Who shall enter the great fire;
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
Neither dying therein nor living.
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
Qad aflaha man tazakka
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
But you prefer the worldly life,
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ