Al A'la

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

1 Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla

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

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

2 Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

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

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).

3 Waallathee qaddara fahada

3 Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;

4 And Who brings out the pasturage,

4 Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

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

5 And then makes it dark stubble.

5 FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

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

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

6 Sanuqrioka fala tansa

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

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

7 Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa

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

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

8 Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

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

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

9 Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

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

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

10 Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

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

11 But it will be avoided by the wretched,

11 Wayatajannabuha alashqa

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

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

12 Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

12 Who will enter the Great Fire,

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

13 Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

13 In which they will then neither die nor live.

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

14 Qad aflaha man tazakka

14 But those will prosper who purify themselves,

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

15 Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

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 Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya

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

17 Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

17 Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa

17 But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

18 Verily, this is in the former Scriptures -

18 Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola

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

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

19 Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa

19 The Books of Abraham and Moses.