Chapter 87, 19 verses
Glorify the name of thy Guardian - Lord Most High,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;
الذي خلق فسوى
Who created and proportioned
Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
والذي قدر فهدى
And who destined and [then] guided
And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
والذي أخرج المرعى
And who brings out the pasture
And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
And [then] makes it black stubble.
By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt not forget,
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will 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 should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.
And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).
ونيسرك لليسرى
And We will ease you toward ease.
Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):
سيذكر من يخشى
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
ويتجنبها الأشقى
But the wretched one will avoid it -
Who will enter the Great Fire,
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
In which they will then neither die nor live.
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
Neither dying therein nor living.
But those will prosper who purify themselves,
قد أفلح من تزكى
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
And glorify the name of their Guardian - Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
But you prefer the worldly life,
But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), -
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.