الأعـلى

1 Glorify the name of thy Guardian - Lord 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 hath created, and further, given order and proportion;

2 Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

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

3 Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;

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 bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,

4 Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

4 And Who brings out the pasturage,

5 And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.

5 FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

5 And then makes it dark stubble.

6 By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt 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 as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest 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 make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).

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 Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).

9 Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

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

10 The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):

10 Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

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

11 But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,

11 Wayatajannabuha alashqa

11 But it will be avoided by the wretched,

12 Who will enter the Great Fire,

12 Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

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

13 In which they will then neither die nor live.

13 Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

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

14 But those will prosper who purify themselves,

14 Qad aflaha man tazakka

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

15 And glorify the name of their Guardian - Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.

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 Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;

16 Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya

16 Nay, you prefer the life of this world,

17 But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

17 Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa

17 Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

18 And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), -

18 Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola

18 Verily, this is in the former Scriptures -

19 The Books of Abraham and Moses.

19 Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa

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