سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى

Sabbihisma Rabbikal A'laa

GLORIFY THE NAME of your Lord, most high,

Surah Number : 87 , Ayat Number : 1

الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

Allazee khalaqa fasawwaa

Who creates and proportions,

Surah Number : 87 , Ayat Number : 2

وَالَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

Wallazee qaddara fahadaa

Who determines and directs,

Surah Number : 87 , Ayat Number : 3

وَالَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعَىٰ

Wallazeee akhrajal mar'aa

Who brings out the pastures

Surah Number : 87 , Ayat Number : 4

فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَاءً أَحْوَىٰ

Faja'alahoo ghusaaa'an ahwaa

Then reduces them to rusty rubbish.

Surah Number : 87 , Ayat Number : 5

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنْسَىٰ

Sanuqri'uka falaa tansaaa

We shall make you recite (the Qur?an) so that you will not forget it,

Surah Number : 87 , Ayat Number : 6

إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ

Illaa maa shaaa'al laah; innahoo ya'lamul jahra wa maa yakhfaa

Unless God may please. He knows the visible and knows what is hidden.

Surah Number : 87 , Ayat Number : 7

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

Wa nu-yassiruka lilyusraa

We shall take you slowly towards ease.

Surah Number : 87 , Ayat Number : 8

فَذَكِّرْ إِنْ نَفَعَتِ الذِّكْرَىٰ

Fazakkir in nafa'atizzikraa

So remind them if reminder is profitable:

Surah Number : 87 , Ayat Number : 9

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَنْ يَخْشَىٰ

Sa yazzakkaru maiyakhshaa

Those who fear will understand.

Surah Number : 87 , Ayat Number : 10

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى

Wa yatajannabuhal ashqaa

Only the wretch will turn aside,

Surah Number : 87 , Ayat Number : 11

الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرَىٰ

Allazee yaslan Naaral kubraa

Who will burn in the terrible Fire,

Surah Number : 87 , Ayat Number : 12

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ

Summa laa yamootu feehaa wa laa yahyaa

In which he will neither die nor live.

Surah Number : 87 , Ayat Number : 13

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ تَزَكَّىٰ

Qad aflaha man tazakkaa

Surely he will succeed who grows in goodness,

Surah Number : 87 , Ayat Number : 14

وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ

Wa zakaras ma Rabbihee fasallaa

And recites the name of his Lord and serves with devotion.

Surah Number : 87 , Ayat Number : 15

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

Bal tu'siroonal hayaatad dunyaa

But no, you prefer the life of the world,

Surah Number : 87 , Ayat Number : 16

وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ

Wal Aakhiratu khairunw wa abqaa

Though the life to come is better and abiding.

Surah Number : 87 , Ayat Number : 17

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَىٰ

Inna haazaa lafis suhu fil oolaa

This is surely in the earlier Books,

Surah Number : 87 , Ayat Number : 18

صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

Suhufi Ibraaheema wa Moosaa

The Books of Abraham and Moses.

Surah Number : 87 , Ayat Number : 19