Al A'la

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

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

2 Who created and proportioned

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

3 And who destined and [then] guided

3 Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;

4 And who brings out the pasture

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

5 And [then] makes it black stubble.

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

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 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 And We will ease you toward ease.

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

9 So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

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

10 He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.

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

11 But the wretched one will avoid it -

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

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

12 Who will enter the Great Fire,

13 Neither dying therein nor living.

13 In which they will then neither die nor live.

14 He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

14 But those will prosper who purify themselves,

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 But you prefer the worldly life,

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

17 While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

17 But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

18 Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

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

19 The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

19 The Books of Abraham and Moses.