Al A'la

Transliteration

1 Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,

Transliteration

2 Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

Shakir

2 Who creates, then makes complete,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 Who has created (everything), and then proportioned it.

Transliteration

3 Waallathee qaddara fahada

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And Who has measured (preordainments for everything even to be blessed or wretched); and then guided (i.e. showed mankind the right as well as the wrong paths, and guided the animals to pasture).

Transliteration

4 Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

Shakir

4 And Who brings forth herbage,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 And Who brings out the pasturage,

Transliteration

5 FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

Shakir

5 Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 And then makes it dark stubble.

Transliteration

6 Sanuqrioka fala tansa

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 We shall make you to recite (the Qur'an), so you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) shall not forget (it),

Transliteration

7 Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 Except what Allah may will. He knows what is apparent and what is hidden.

Transliteration

8 Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 And We shall make easy for you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the easy way (i.e. the doing of righteous deeds).

Transliteration

9 Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

Shakir

9 Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 Therefore remind (men) in case the reminder profits (them).

Transliteration

10 Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

Shakir

10 He who fears will mind,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 The reminder will be received by him who fears (Allah),

Transliteration

11 Wayatajannabuha alashqa

Shakir

11 And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 But it will be avoided by the wretched,

Transliteration

12 Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

Shakir

12 Who shall enter the great fire;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 Who will enter the great Fire (and will be made to taste its burning).

Transliteration

13 Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

Shakir

13 Then therein he shall neither live nor die.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 There he will neither die (to be in rest) nor live (a good living).

Transliteration

14 Qad aflaha man tazakka

Shakir

14 He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 Indeed whosoever purifies himself (by avoiding polytheism and accepting Islamic Monotheism) shall achieve success,

Transliteration

15 Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

Shakir

15 And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 And remembers (glorifies) the Name of his Lord (worships none but Allah), and prays (five compulsory prayers and Nawafil - additional prayers).

Transliteration

16 Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya

Shakir

16 Nay! you prefer the life of this world,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 Nay, you prefer the life of this world,

Transliteration

17 Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa

Shakir

17 While the hereafter is better and more lasting.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

Transliteration

18 Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola

Shakir

18 Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 Verily, this is in the former Scriptures -

Transliteration

19 Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa

Shakir

19 The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 The Scriptures of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Musa (Moses) (عليهما السلام).