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
Who created and proportioned
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
الذي خلق فسوى
And who destined and [then] guided
Waallathee qaddara fahada
والذي قدر فهدى
And who brings out the pasture
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
والذي أخرج المرعى
And [then] makes it black stubble.
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
فجعله غثاء أحوى
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
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
And We will ease you toward ease.
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
ونيسرك لليسرى
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
سيذكر من يخشى
But the wretched one will avoid it -
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
ويتجنبها الأشقى
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Neither dying therein nor living.
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
Qad aflaha man tazakka
قد أفلح من تزكى
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
But you prefer the worldly life,
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
والآخرة خير وأبقى
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
صحف إبراهيم وموسى