بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
1
87:1بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى
Praise the Name of your Lord, the Most High.
2
87:2الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّى
He who creates and regulates.
3
87:3وَالَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَى
He who measures and guides.
4
87:4وَالَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعَى
He who produces the pasture.
5
87:5فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَاءً أَحْوَى
And then turns it into light debris.
6
87:6سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنْسَى
We will make you read, so do not forget.
7
87:7إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَى
Except what God wills. He knows what is declared, and what is hidden.
8
87:8وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَى
We will ease you into the Easy Way.
9
87:9فَذَكِّرْ إِنْ نَفَعَتِ الذِّكْرَى
So remind, if reminding helps.
10
87:10سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَنْ يَخْشَى
The reverent will remember.
11
87:11وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى
But the wretched will avoid it.
12
87:12الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرَى
He who will enter the Gigantic Fire.
13
87:13ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَى
Where he will neither die, nor live.
14
87:14قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ تَزَكَّى
Successful is he who purifies himself.
15
87:15وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّى
And mentions the name of his Lord, and prays.
16
87:16بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
But you prefer the present life.
17
87:17وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَى
Though the Hereafter is better, and more lasting.
18
87:18إِنَّ هَذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَى
This is in the former scriptures.
19
87:19صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَى
The Scriptures of Abraham and Moses.