Chapter 87, 19 verses
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Glorify the name of thy Guardian - Lord Most High,
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى
Who created and proportioned
Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;
الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
And who destined and [then] guided
Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
وَالَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
And who brings out the pasture
And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
وَالَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعَىٰ
And [then] makes it black stubble.
And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَاءً 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,
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰ
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.
إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
And We will ease you toward ease.
And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ الذِّكْرَىٰ
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
But the wretched one will avoid it -
But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
Who will enter the Great Fire,
الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرَىٰ
Neither dying therein nor living.
In which they will then neither die nor live.
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
But those will prosper who purify themselves,
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.
وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ
But you prefer the worldly life,
Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), -
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَىٰ
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ