الأعـلى

1 Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

1 Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,

2 Who created and proportioned

2 Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

2 Who has created (everything), and then proportioned it.

3 And who destined and [then] guided

3 Waallathee qaddara fahada

3 And Who has measured (preordainments for everything even to be blessed or wretched); and then guided (i.e. showed mankind the right as well as the wrong paths, and guided the animals to pasture).

4 And who brings out the pasture

4 Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

4 And Who brings out the pasturage,

5 And [then] makes it black stubble.

5 FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

5 And then makes it dark stubble.

6 We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,

6 Sanuqrioka fala tansa

6 We shall make you to recite (the Qur'an), so you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) shall not forget (it),

7 Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.

7 Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa

7 Except what Allah may will. He knows what is apparent and what is hidden.

8 And We will ease you toward ease.

8 Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

8 And We shall make easy for you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the easy way (i.e. the doing of righteous deeds).

9 So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

9 Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

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

10 He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.

10 Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

10 The reminder will be received by him who fears (Allah),

11 But the wretched one will avoid it -

11 Wayatajannabuha alashqa

11 But it will be avoided by the wretched,

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

12 Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

12 Who will enter the great Fire (and will be made to taste its burning).

13 Neither dying therein nor living.

13 Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

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

14 He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

14 Qad aflaha man tazakka

14 Indeed whosoever purifies himself (by avoiding polytheism and accepting Islamic Monotheism) shall achieve success,

15 And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

15 Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

15 And remembers (glorifies) the Name of his Lord (worships none but Allah), and prays (five compulsory prayers and Nawafil - additional prayers).

16 But you prefer the worldly life,

16 Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya

16 Nay, you prefer the life of this world,

17 While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

17 Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa

17 Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

18 Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

18 Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola

18 Verily, this is in the former Scriptures -

19 The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

19 Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa

19 The Scriptures of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Musa (Moses) (عليهما السلام).