Al A'la

1 Exalt 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 created and proportioned

2 Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

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

3 And who destined and [then] guided

3 Waallathee qaddara fahada

3 Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;

4 And who brings out the pasture

4 Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

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

5 And [then] makes it black stubble.

5 FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

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

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

6 Sanuqrioka fala tansa

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

7 Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared 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 will ease you toward ease.

8 Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

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

9 So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

9 Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

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

10 He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.

10 Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

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

11 But the wretched one will avoid it -

11 Wayatajannabuha alashqa

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

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

12 Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

12 Who will enter the Great Fire,

13 Neither dying therein nor living.

13 Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

13 In which they will then neither die nor live.

14 He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

14 Qad aflaha man tazakka

14 But those will prosper who purify themselves,

15 And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

15 Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

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

16 But you prefer the worldly life,

16 Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya

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

17 While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

17 Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa

17 But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

18 Indeed, 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 Abraham and Moses.

19 Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa

19 The Books of Abraham and Moses.