Chapter 87, 19 verses
Glorify the name of thy Guardian - Lord Most High,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;
Who has created (everything), and then proportioned it.
الذي خلق فسوى
Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
And Who has measured (preordainments for everything even to be blessed or wretched); and then guided (i.e. showed mankind the right as well as the wrong paths, and guided the animals to pasture).
والذي قدر فهدى
And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
And Who brings out the pasturage,
والذي أخرج المرعى
And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
And then makes it dark stubble.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt not forget,
We shall make you to recite (the Qur'an), so you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) shall not forget (it),
سنقرئك فلا تنسى
Except as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden.
Except what Allah may will. He knows what is apparent and what is hidden.
إلا ما شاء الله ۚ إنه يعلم الجهر وما يخفى
And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).
And We shall make easy for you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the easy way (i.e. the doing of righteous deeds).
ونيسرك لليسرى
Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).
Therefore remind (men) in case the reminder profits (them).
فذكر إن نفعت الذكرى
The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):
The reminder will be received by him who fears (Allah),
سيذكر من يخشى
But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
But it will be avoided by the wretched,
ويتجنبها الأشقى
Who will enter the Great Fire,
Who will enter the great Fire (and will be made to taste its burning).
الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
In which they will then neither die nor live.
There he will neither die (to be in rest) nor live (a good living).
ثم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيى
But those will prosper who purify themselves,
Indeed whosoever purifies himself (by avoiding polytheism and accepting Islamic Monotheism) shall achieve success,
قد أفلح من تزكى
And glorify the name of their Guardian - Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.
And remembers (glorifies) the Name of his Lord (worships none but Allah), and prays (five compulsory prayers and Nawafil - additional prayers).
وذكر اسم ربه فصلى
Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
Nay, you prefer the life of this world,
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا
But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
والآخرة خير وأبقى
And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), -
Verily, this is in the former Scriptures -
إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
The Scriptures of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Musa (Moses) (عليهما السلام).
صحف إبراهيم وموسى