Al-A'la

سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى١

Sabbihi isma rabbika al-aAAla

Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

Pronounce the purity of the name of your most exalted Lord,

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ٢

Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

Who created and proportioned

who created (everything), then made (it) well,

وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ٣

Wallathee qaddara fahada

And who destined and [then] guided

and who determined a measure (for everything), then guided (it),

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ٤

Wallathee akhraja almarAAa

And who brings out the pasture

and who brought forth pasturage,

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ٥

FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

And [then] makes it black stubble.

then turned it into a blackening stubble.

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ٦

Sanuqri-oka fala tansa

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

We will make you recite, then you will not forget

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ٧

Illa ma shaa Allahuinnahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa

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

except that which Allah wills. Indeed He knows what is manifest and what is hidden.

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ٨

Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

And We will ease you toward ease.

And We will facilitate for you (to reach) the easiest way.

فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ٩

Fathakkir in nafaAAati aththikra

So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

So, extend advice (to people) if advice is useful.

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ١٠

Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

He who fears [Allāh] will be reminded.

The one who fears (Allah) will observe the advice,

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى١١

Wayatajannabuha al-ashqa

But the wretched one will avoid it

and it will be avoided by the most wretched one

ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ١٢

Allathee yasla annaraalkubra

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

who will enter the Biggest Fire,

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ١٣

Thumma la yamootu feeha walayahya

Neither dying therein nor living.

then he will neither die therein, nor live (a desirable life).

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ١٤

Qad aflaha man tazakka

He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

Success is surely achieved by him who purifies himself,

وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ١٥

Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

and pronounces the name of his Lord, then offers prayer.

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا١٦

Bal tu/thiroona alhayata addunya

But you prefer the worldly life,

But you prefer the worldly life,

وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ١٧

Wal-akhiratu khayrun waabqa

While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

while the Hereafter is much better and much more durable.

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ١٨

Inna hatha lafee assuhufial-oola

Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

Indeed this is (written) in the earlier divine scripts,

صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ١٩

Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa

The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

the scripts of Ibrāhīm and Mūsā.