Al A'la

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

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

1 Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla

2 Who creates, then makes complete,

2 Who created and proportioned

2 Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

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

3 And who destined and [then] guided

3 Waallathee qaddara fahada

4 And Who brings forth herbage,

4 And who brings out the pasture

4 Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

5 Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.

5 And [then] makes it black stubble.

5 FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

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

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

6 Sanuqrioka fala tansa

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

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

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

8 And We will ease you toward ease.

8 Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

9 Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.

9 So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

9 Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

10 He who fears will mind,

10 He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.

10 Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

11 And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,

11 But the wretched one will avoid it -

11 Wayatajannabuha alashqa

12 Who shall enter the great fire;

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

12 Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

13 Then therein he shall neither live nor die.

13 Neither dying therein nor living.

13 Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

14 He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself,

14 He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

14 Qad aflaha man tazakka

15 And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.

15 And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

15 Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

16 Nay! you prefer the life of this world,

16 But you prefer the worldly life,

16 Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya

17 While the hereafter is better and more lasting.

17 While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

17 Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa

18 Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,

18 Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

18 Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola

19 The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.

19 The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

19 Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa