Al A'la

1 Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla

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

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

2 Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

2 Who created and proportioned

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

3 Waallathee qaddara fahada

3 And who destined and [then] guided

3 Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;

4 Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

4 And who brings out the pasture

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

5 FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

5 And [then] makes it black stubble.

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

6 Sanuqrioka fala tansa

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

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

7 Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa

7 Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.

7 Except as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden.

8 Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

8 And We will ease you toward ease.

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

9 Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

9 So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

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

10 Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

10 He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.

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

11 Wayatajannabuha alashqa

11 But the wretched one will avoid it -

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

12 Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

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

12 Who will enter the Great Fire,

13 Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

13 Neither dying therein nor living.

13 In which they will then neither die nor live.

14 Qad aflaha man tazakka

14 He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

14 But those will prosper who purify themselves,

15 Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

15 And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

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

16 Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya

16 But you prefer the worldly life,

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

17 Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa

17 While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

17 But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

18 Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola

18 Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

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

19 Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa

19 The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

19 The Books of Abraham and Moses.