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