Surah Al-A'laa سُورَةُ الأَعۡلَىٰ

سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى1

Glorify the name of thy Guardian-Lord Most High,

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ2

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

وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ3

Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ4

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

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ5

And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ6

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

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ7

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

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ8

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

فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ9

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

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ10

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

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى11

But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,

ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ12

Who will enter the Great Fire,

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ13

In which they will then neither die nor live.

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ14

But those will prosper who purify themselves,

وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ15

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

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا16

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

وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ17

But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ18

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

صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ19

The Books of Abraham and Moses.