Al A'la

1 Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla

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 Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

2 Who creates, then makes complete,

2 Who createth, then disposeth;

3 Waallathee qaddara fahada

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

3 Who measureth, then guideth;

4 Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

4 And Who brings forth herbage,

4 Who bringeth forth the pasturage,

5 FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

5 Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.

5 Then turneth it to russet stubble.

6 Sanuqrioka fala tansa

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 Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa

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 Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

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 Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

9 Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.

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

10 Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

10 He who fears will mind,

10 He will heed who feareth,

11 Wayatajannabuha alashqa

11 And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,

11 But the most hapless will flout it,

12 Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

12 Who shall enter the great fire;

12 He who will be flung to the great Fire

13 Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

13 Then therein he shall neither live nor die.

13 Wherein he will neither die nor live.

14 Qad aflaha man tazakka

14 He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself,

14 He is successful who groweth,

15 Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

15 And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.

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

16 Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya

16 Nay! you prefer the life of this world,

16 But ye prefer the life of the world

17 Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa

17 While the hereafter is better and more lasting.

17 Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

18 Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola

18 Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,

18 Lo! This is in the former scrolls.

19 Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa

19 The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.

19 The Books of Abraham and Moses.