Al A'la

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

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,

2 Who creates, then makes complete,

2 Who createth, then disposeth;

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

3 Who measureth, then guideth;

4 And Who brings forth herbage,

4 Who bringeth forth the pasturage,

5 Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.

5 Then turneth it to russet stubble.

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

6 We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget

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

7 Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;

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

8 And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.

9 Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.

9 Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.

10 He who fears will mind,

10 He will heed who feareth,

11 And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,

11 But the most hapless will flout it,

12 Who shall enter the great fire;

12 He who will be flung to the great Fire

13 Then therein he shall neither live nor die.

13 Wherein he will neither die nor live.

14 He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself,

14 He is successful who groweth,

15 And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.

15 And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,

16 Nay! you prefer the life of this world,

16 But ye prefer the life of the world

17 While the hereafter is better and more lasting.

17 Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

18 Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,

18 Lo! This is in the former scrolls.

19 The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.

19 The Books of Abraham and Moses.