Chapter 87, 19 verses
Glorify the name of thy Guardian - Lord Most High,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;
الذي خلق فسوى
Who creates, then makes complete,
Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
والذي قدر فهدى
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
والذي أخرج المرعى
And Who brings forth herbage,
And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt not forget,
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
Except as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden.
إلا ما شاء الله ۚ إنه يعلم الجهر وما يخفى
Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.
And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).
ونيسرك لليسرى
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):
سيذكر من يخشى
He who fears will mind,
But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
ويتجنبها الأشقى
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
Who will enter the Great Fire,
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Who shall enter the great fire;
In which they will then neither die nor live.
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
But those will prosper who purify themselves,
قد أفلح من تزكى
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
And glorify the name of their Guardian - Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), -
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.