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