Al A'la

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

1 Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

2 Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

3 Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;

Transliteration

3 Waallathee qaddara fahada

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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).

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

4 Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 And Who brings out the pasturage,

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

5 FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 And then makes it dark stubble.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

6 Sanuqrioka fala tansa

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

7 Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

8 Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

9 Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

10 Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

11 Wayatajannabuha alashqa

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 But it will be avoided by the wretched,

Yusuf Ali

12 Who will enter the Great Fire,

Transliteration

12 Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

13 In which they will then neither die nor live.

Transliteration

13 Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

14 But those will prosper who purify themselves,

Transliteration

14 Qad aflaha man tazakka

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

15 Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

16 Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 Nay, you prefer the life of this world,

Yusuf Ali

17 But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

Transliteration

17 Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

18 Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 Verily, this is in the former Scriptures -

Yusuf Ali

19 The Books of Abraham and Moses.

Transliteration

19 Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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