87 : 1

سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى

Glorify the name of thy Guardian-Lord Most High,

87 : 2

الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;

87 : 3

وَالَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;

87 : 4

وَالَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعَىٰ

And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,

87 : 5

فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَاءً أَحْوَىٰ

And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.

87 : 6

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنْسَىٰ

By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt not forget,

87 : 7

إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ

Except as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden.

87 : 8

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).

87 : 9

فَذَكِّرْ إِنْ نَفَعَتِ الذِّكْرَىٰ

Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).

87 : 10

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَنْ يَخْشَىٰ

The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):

87 : 11

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى

But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,

87 : 12

الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرَىٰ

Who will enter the Great Fire,

87 : 13

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ

In which they will then neither die nor live.

87 : 14

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ تَزَكَّىٰ

But those will prosper who purify themselves,

87 : 15

وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ

And glorify the name of their Guardian-Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.

87 : 16

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

Day (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;

87 : 17

وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ

But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

87 : 18

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَىٰ

And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation),-

87 : 19

صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

The Books of Abraham and Moses.