Chapter 87, 19 verses
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
Who created and proportioned
Who has created (everything), and then proportioned it.
الذي خلق فسوى
And who destined and [then] guided
And Who has measured (preordainments for everything even to be blessed or wretched); and then guided (i.e. showed mankind the right as well as the wrong paths, and guided the animals to pasture).
والذي قدر فهدى
And who brings out the pasture
And Who brings out the pasturage,
والذي أخرج المرعى
And [then] makes it black stubble.
And then makes it dark stubble.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
We shall make you to recite (the Qur'an), so you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) shall not forget (it),
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.
Except what Allah may will. He knows what is apparent and what is hidden.
إلا ما شاء الله ۚ إنه يعلم الجهر وما يخفى
And We will ease you toward ease.
And We shall make easy for you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the easy way (i.e. the doing of righteous deeds).
ونيسرك لليسرى
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
Therefore remind (men) in case the reminder profits (them).
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
The reminder will be received by him who fears (Allah),
سيذكر من يخشى
But the wretched one will avoid it -
But it will be avoided by the wretched,
ويتجنبها الأشقى
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
Who will enter the great Fire (and will be made to taste its burning).
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Neither dying therein nor living.
There he will neither die (to be in rest) nor live (a good living).
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
Indeed whosoever purifies himself (by avoiding polytheism and accepting Islamic Monotheism) shall achieve success,
قد أفلح من تزكى
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
And remembers (glorifies) the Name of his Lord (worships none but Allah), and prays (five compulsory prayers and Nawafil - additional prayers).
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
But you prefer the worldly life,
Nay, you prefer the life of this world,
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
Verily, this is in the former Scriptures -
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
The Scriptures of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Musa (Moses) (عليهما السلام).
صحف إبراهيم وموسى