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
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
الذي خلق فسوى
Who created and proportioned
Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
Waallathee qaddara fahada
والذي قدر فهدى
And who destined and [then] guided
And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
والذي أخرج المرعى
And who brings out the pasture
And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
فجعله غثاء أحوى
And [then] makes it black stubble.
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, [O Muhammad], and you will 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 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).
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
ونيسرك لليسرى
And We will ease you toward ease.
Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
سيذكر من يخشى
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
ويتجنبها الأشقى
But the wretched one will avoid it -
Who will enter the Great Fire,
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
In which they will then neither die nor live.
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
Neither dying therein nor living.
But those will prosper who purify themselves,
Qad aflaha man tazakka
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.
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
But you prefer the worldly life,
But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
والآخرة خير وأبقى
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), -
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
صحف إبراهيم وموسى
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.