Chapter 87, 19 verses
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Glorify the name of thy Guardian - Lord Most High,
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
Who created and proportioned
Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
And who destined and [then] guided
Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
Waallathee qaddara fahada
And who brings out the pasture
And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
And [then] makes it black stubble.
And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
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,
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
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.
Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa
And We will ease you toward ease.
And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
But the wretched one will avoid it -
But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
Who will enter the Great Fire,
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
Neither dying therein nor living.
In which they will then neither die nor live.
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
But those will prosper who purify themselves,
Qad aflaha man tazakka
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
And glorify the name of their Guardian - Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
But you prefer the worldly life,
Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), -
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa