Category: Chapters / Surah

Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,

Who has created all things and perfected them.

Who has set their destinies and guided them.
Meaning:-
Destinies: future, fate, fortune.

Who brings forth green pasture,
Meaning:-
Pasture: A tract of land that supports grass, plants, or other vegetation.

Then makes it dried up, dust-colored.

We shall make you to recite (the Quran), so you (O Muhammad) shall not forget (it),

Except what Allah wills. Surely He knows what is open and what is hidden.

We shall make it easy for you (O Muhammad) to follow the easy way.

Therefore remind (men) in case the reminder profits (them).

He who fears Allah will heed the reminder,

and he who is unfortunate will avoid it.

[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,

Wherein he will neither die (to be in rest) nor live (a good living).

He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself,

who remembers the name of his Lord and prays.

But O men! You prefer the life of this world;

while the Hereafter is better and everlasting.

Surely the same was said in the earlier scriptures;

the scriptures of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Musa (Moses).