Surah Al-A'la الأعلى

سَبِّحِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡأَعۡلَى ١

Sabbihisma rabbikal-a'lā

Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ٢

Alladhī khalaqa fasawwā

Who created and proportioned

وَٱلَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ ٣

Walladhī qaddara fahadā

And who destined and [then] guided

وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَخۡرَجَ ٱلۡمَرۡعَىٰ ٤

Walladhī akhrajal-mar'ā

And who brings out the pasture

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحۡوَىٰ ٥

Faja'alahū ghuthā'an ahwā

And [then] makes it black stubble.

سَنُقۡرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ ٦

Sanuqri'uka falā tansā

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

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡجَهۡرَ وَمَا يَخۡفَىٰ ٧

Illā mā shā'allāhu innahū ya'lamul-jahra wamā yakhfā

Except what Allāh should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلۡيُسۡرَىٰ ٨

Wanuyassiruka lil-yusrā

And We will ease you toward ease.¹⁹⁰⁷

فَذَكِّرۡ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ ٩

Fadhakkir in nafa'atidh-dhikrā

So remind, if the reminder should benefit;¹⁹⁰⁸

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰ ١٠

Sayaddhakkaru man yakhshā

He who fears [Allāh] will be reminded.

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى ١١

Wayatajannabuhal-ashqā

But the wretched one will avoid it –

ٱلَّذِي يَصۡلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ١٢

Alladhī yaslan-nāral-kubrā

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

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحۡيَىٰ ١٣

Thumma lā yamūtu fīhā walā yahyā

Neither dying therein nor living.

قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٤

Qad aflaha man tazakkā

He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

وَذَكَرَ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ ١٥

Wadhakarasma rabbihī fasallā

And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ١٦

Bal tu'thirūnal-hayawātad-dunyā

But you prefer the worldly life,

وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرٞ وَأَبۡقَىٰٓ ١٧

Wal-ākhiratu khayrun wa abqā

While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ ١٨

Inna hādhā lafis-suhufil-ūlā

Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

صُحُفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ ١٩

Suhufi ibrāhīma wamūsā

The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.