Chapter 87, 19 verses
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
Glorify the name of thy Guardian - Lord Most High,
سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى
Who created and proportioned
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
And who destined and [then] guided
Waallathee qaddara fahada
Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
And who brings out the pasture
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ
And [then] makes it black stubble.
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt not forget,
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ
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 as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden.
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
And We will ease you toward ease.
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
But the wretched one will avoid it -
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
Who will enter the Great Fire,
ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
Neither dying therein nor living.
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
In which they will then neither die nor live.
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
Qad aflaha man tazakka
But those will prosper who purify themselves,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
And glorify the name of their Guardian - Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.
وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
But you prefer the worldly life,
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), -
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ