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 thy Guardian - Lord Most High,
Who created and proportioned
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
الذي خلق فسوى
Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;
And who destined and [then] guided
Waallathee qaddara fahada
والذي قدر فهدى
Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
And who brings out the pasture
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
والذي أخرج المرعى
And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
And [then] makes it black stubble.
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
فجعله غثاء أحوى
And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt 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 as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden.
And We will ease you toward ease.
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
ونيسرك لليسرى
And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
سيذكر من يخشى
The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):
But the wretched one will avoid it -
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
ويتجنبها الأشقى
But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Who will enter the Great Fire,
Neither dying therein nor living.
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
In which they will then neither die nor live.
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
Qad aflaha man tazakka
قد أفلح من تزكى
But those will prosper who purify themselves,
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
And glorify the name of their Guardian - Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.
But you prefer the worldly life,
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
والآخرة خير وأبقى
But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), -
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
The Books of Abraham and Moses.