Chapter 87, 19 verses
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
Who created and proportioned
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
And who destined and [then] guided
وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
Waallathee qaddara fahada
And who brings out the pasture
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
And [then] makes it black stubble.
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa
And We will ease you toward ease.
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
But the wretched one will avoid it -
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
Neither dying therein nor living.
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
Qad aflaha man tazakka
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
But you prefer the worldly life,
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa