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,
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى
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,
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى
Who created and proportioned
Who has created (everything), and then proportioned it.
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
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).
Waallathee qaddara fahada
وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
And who brings out the pasture
And Who brings out the pasturage,
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ
And [then] makes it black stubble.
And then makes it dark stubble.
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ
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),
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ
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.
Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
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).
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
Therefore remind (men) in case the reminder profits (them).
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
The reminder will be received by him who fears (Allah),
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
But the wretched one will avoid it -
But it will be avoided by the wretched,
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
Who will enter the great Fire (and will be made to taste its burning).
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
Neither dying therein nor living.
There he will neither die (to be in rest) nor live (a good living).
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
Indeed whosoever purifies himself (by avoiding polytheism and accepting Islamic Monotheism) shall achieve success,
Qad aflaha man tazakka
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
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).
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
But you prefer the worldly life,
Nay, you prefer the life of this world,
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
Verily, this is in the former Scriptures -
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
The Scriptures of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Musa (Moses) (عليهما السلام).
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ