Al A'la

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

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

2 Who creates, then makes complete,

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 Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;

4 And Who brings forth herbage,

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

5 Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.

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

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,

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.

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).

9 Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.

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

10 He who fears will mind,

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

11 And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,

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

12 Who shall enter the great fire;

12 Who will enter the Great Fire,

13 Then therein he shall neither live nor die.

13 In which they will then neither die nor live.

14 He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself,

14 But those will prosper who purify themselves,

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.

16 Nay! you prefer the life of this world,

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

17 While the hereafter is better and more lasting.

17 But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

18 Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,

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

19 The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.

19 The Books of Abraham and Moses.