Al A'la

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

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

1 Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla

2 Who creates, then makes complete,

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

2 Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

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

3 Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;

3 Waallathee qaddara fahada

4 And Who brings forth herbage,

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

4 Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

5 Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.

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

5 FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

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

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

6 Sanuqrioka fala tansa

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

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

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

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

8 Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

9 Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.

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

9 Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

10 He who fears will mind,

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

10 Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

11 And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,

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

11 Wayatajannabuha alashqa

12 Who shall enter the great fire;

12 Who will enter the Great Fire,

12 Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

13 Then therein he shall neither live nor die.

13 In which they will then neither die nor live.

13 Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

14 He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself,

14 But those will prosper who purify themselves,

14 Qad aflaha man tazakka

15 And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.

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

15 Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

16 Nay! you prefer the life of this world,

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

16 Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya

17 While the hereafter is better and more lasting.

17 But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

17 Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa

18 Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,

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

18 Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola

19 The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.

19 The Books of Abraham and Moses.

19 Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa