Chapter 87, 19 verses
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Glorify the name of thy Guardian - Lord Most High,
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى
Who created and proportioned
Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;
Who creates, then makes complete,
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
And who destined and [then] guided
Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
And who brings out the pasture
And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
And Who brings forth herbage,
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ
And [then] makes it black stubble.
And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt not forget,
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ
Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.
Except as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden.
Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
And We will ease you toward ease.
And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):
He who fears will mind,
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
But the wretched one will avoid it -
But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
Who will enter the Great Fire,
Who shall enter the great fire;
ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
Neither dying therein nor living.
In which they will then neither die nor live.
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
But those will prosper who purify themselves,
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
And glorify the name of their Guardian - Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
But you prefer the worldly life,
Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), -
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ