Chapter 87, 19 verses
Glorify the name of thy Guardian - Lord Most High,
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى
Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;
Who creates, then makes complete,
الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),
وَالَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
And Who brings forth herbage,
وَالَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعَىٰ
And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.
فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَاءً أَحْوَىٰ
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 تَنسَىٰ
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 شَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
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
Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ الذِّكْرَىٰ
The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):
He who fears will mind,
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى
Who will enter the Great Fire,
Who shall enter the great fire;
الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرَىٰ
In which they will then neither die nor live.
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
But those will prosper who purify themselves,
He indeed shall be who purifies himself,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And glorify the name of their Guardian - Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ
Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ
And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), -
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَىٰ
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ