سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى1
(1) Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ2
(2) Who created and proportioned
وَالَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ3
(3) And who destined and [then] guided
وَالَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعَىٰ4
(4) And who brings out the pasture
فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَاءً أَحْوَىٰ5
(5) And [then] makes it black stubble.
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنْسَىٰ6
(6) We will make you recite, [O Muḥammad], and you will not forget,
إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ7
(7) Except what Allāh should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ8
(8) And We will ease you toward ease.[1907]
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[1907]- To the path of Allāh's religion, which is easy and natural, or toward Paradise, by giving opportunities for righteous deeds.
فَذَكِّرْ إِنْ نَفَعَتِ الذِّكْرَىٰ9
(9) So remind, if the reminder should benefit;[1908]
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[1908]- i.e., wherever it will be heard and understood.
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَنْ يَخْشَىٰ10
(10) He who fears [Allāh] will be reminded.
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى11
(11) But the wretched one will avoid it
الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرَىٰ12
(12) [He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ13
(13) Neither dying therein nor living.
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ تَزَكَّىٰ14
(14) He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ15
(15) And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا16
(16) But you prefer the worldly life,
وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ17
(17) While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَىٰ18
(18) Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ19
(19) The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.