Chapter 87, 19 verses
Glorify the name of thy Guardian - Lord Most High,
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
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;
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
الذي خلق فسوى
Who creates, then makes complete,
Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
Waallathee qaddara fahada
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,
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
والذي أخرج المرعى
And Who brings forth herbage,
And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
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,
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
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.
Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa
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).
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
ونيسرك لليسرى
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
سيذكر من يخشى
He who fears will mind,
But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
ويتجنبها الأشقى
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
Who will enter the Great Fire,
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
Who shall enter the great fire;
In which they will then neither die nor live.
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
But those will prosper who purify themselves,
Qad aflaha man tazakka
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.
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
والآخرة خير وأبقى
While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), -
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.