Al A'la

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

1 Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla

1 Glorify the name of thy Guardian - Lord Most High,

2 Who creates, then makes complete,

2 Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

2 Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;

3 And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),

3 Waallathee qaddara fahada

3 Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;

4 And Who brings forth herbage,

4 Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

4 And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,

5 Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.

5 FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

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

6 We will make you recite so you shall not forget,

6 Sanuqrioka fala tansa

6 By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt not forget,

7 Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.

7 Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa

7 Except as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden.

8 And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.

8 Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

8 And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).

9 Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.

9 Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

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

10 He who fears will mind,

10 Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

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

11 And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,

11 Wayatajannabuha alashqa

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

12 Who shall enter the great fire;

12 Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

12 Who will enter the Great Fire,

13 Then therein he shall neither live nor die.

13 Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

13 In which they will then neither die nor live.

14 He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself,

14 Qad aflaha man tazakka

14 But those will prosper who purify themselves,

15 And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.

15 Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

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

16 Nay! you prefer the life of this world,

16 Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya

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

17 While the hereafter is better and more lasting.

17 Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa

17 But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

18 Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,

18 Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola

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

19 The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.

19 Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa

19 The Books of Abraham and Moses.