Chapter 87, 19 verses
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,
Who created and proportioned
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
Who createth, then disposeth;
And who destined and [then] guided
Waallathee qaddara fahada
Who measureth, then guideth;
And who brings out the pasture
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
And [then] makes it black stubble.
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
Then turneth it to russet stubble.
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
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.
Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa
Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;
And We will ease you toward ease.
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
He will heed who feareth,
But the wretched one will avoid it -
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
But the most hapless will flout it,
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
He who will be flung to the great Fire
Neither dying therein nor living.
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
Wherein he will neither die nor live.
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
Qad aflaha man tazakka
He is who groweth,
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
But you prefer the worldly life,
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
But ye prefer the life of the world
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
Lo! This is in the former scrolls.
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
The Books of Abraham and Moses.