Al A'la

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

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

1 Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla

2 Who created and proportioned

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

2 Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

3 And who destined and [then] guided

3 Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;

3 Waallathee qaddara fahada

4 And who brings out the pasture

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

4 Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

5 And [then] makes it black stubble.

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

5 FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

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,

6 Sanuqrioka fala tansa

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.

7 Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa

8 And We will ease you toward ease.

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

8 Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

9 So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

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

9 Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

10 He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.

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

10 Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

11 But the wretched one will avoid it -

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

11 Wayatajannabuha alashqa

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

12 Who will enter the Great Fire,

12 Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

13 Neither dying therein nor living.

13 In which they will then neither die nor live.

13 Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

14 He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

14 But those will prosper who purify themselves,

14 Qad aflaha man tazakka

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.

15 Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

16 But you prefer the worldly life,

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

16 Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya

17 While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

17 But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

17 Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa

18 Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

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

18 Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola

19 The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

19 The Books of Abraham and Moses.

19 Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa