Paradise will be offered to the righteous, readily.
وَأُزلِفَتِ الجَنَّةُ لِلمُتَّقينَ غَيرَ بَعيدٍ
wa uzlifatil jannatu lil muttaqeena ghaira ba’eed
Paradise will be offered to the righteous, readily.
وَأُزلِفَتِ الجَنَّةُ لِلمُتَّقينَ غَيرَ بَعيدٍ
wa uzlifatil jannatu lil muttaqeena ghaira ba’eed
This is what was promised to every repenter, steadfast.
هٰذا ما توعَدونَ لِكُلِّ أَوّابٍ حَفيظٍ
haaza maa too’adoona likulli awwaabin hafeez
They reverenced the Most Gracious, in their privacy, and came wholeheartedly.
مَن خَشِىَ الرَّحمٰنَ بِالغَيبِ وَجاءَ بِقَلبٍ مُنيبٍ
man khashiyar Rahmaana bilghaibi wa jaaa’a biqalbim muneeb
Enter it in peace; this is the Day of Eternity.
ادخُلوها بِسَلٰمٍ ذٰلِكَ يَومُ الخُلودِ
udkhuloohaa bisalaamin zaalika yawmul khulood
They get anything they wish therein, and we have even more.
لَهُم ما يَشاءونَ فيها وَلَدَينا مَزيدٌ
lahum maa yashaaa’oona feehaa wa ladainaa mazeed
Many a generation before them, who were more powerful, we annihilated. They searched the land; did they find an escape?
وَكَم أَهلَكنا قَبلَهُم مِن قَرنٍ هُم أَشَدُّ مِنهُم بَطشًا فَنَقَّبوا فِى البِلٰدِ هَل مِن مَحيصٍ
wa kam ahlaknaa qablahum min qarnin hum ashaddu minhum batshan fanaqqaboo fil bilaad, hal mim mahees
This should be a lesson for everyone who possesses a mind, or is able to hear and witness.
إِنَّ فى ذٰلِكَ لَذِكرىٰ لِمَن كانَ لَهُ قَلبٌ أَو أَلقَى السَّمعَ وَهُوَ شَهيدٌ
inna fee zaalika lazikraa liman kaana lahoo qalbun aw alqas sam’a wa huwa shaheed
We have created the heavens and the earth, and everything between them in six days, and no fatigue touched us.
وَلَقَد خَلَقنَا السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالأَرضَ وَما بَينَهُما فى سِتَّةِ أَيّامٍ وَما مَسَّنا مِن لُغوبٍ
wa laqad khalaqnas samaawaati wal arda wa maa bainahumaa fee sittati ayyaamin wa maa massanaa mil lughoob
Therefore, be patient in the face of their utterances, and praise and glorify your Lord before sunrise, and before sunset.
فَاصبِر عَلىٰ ما يَقولونَ وَسَبِّح بِحَمدِ رَبِّكَ قَبلَ طُلوعِ الشَّمسِ وَقَبلَ الغُروبِ
fasbir ‘alaa maa yaqooloona wa sabbih bihamdi Rabbika qabla tuloo’ish shamsi wa qablal ghuroob
During the night you shall meditate on His name, and after prostrating.
وَمِنَ الَّيلِ فَسَبِّحهُ وَأَدبٰرَ السُّجودِ
wa minal laili fasabbih hu wa adbaaras sujood