Chapter 87, 19 verses
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Who created and proportioned
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
Who creates, then makes complete,
And who destined and [then] guided
Waallathee qaddara fahada
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
And who brings out the pasture
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
And Who brings forth herbage,
And [then] makes it black stubble.
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
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
Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.
And We will ease you toward ease.
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
He who fears will mind,
But the wretched one will avoid it -
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
Who shall enter the great fire;
Neither dying therein nor living.
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
Qad aflaha man tazakka
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
But you prefer the worldly life,
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.