Surah Al-A’la
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْاَعْلَىۙ١
Sabbiḥisma rabbikal-a‘lā.
[1]
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
الَّذِيْ خَلَقَ فَسَوّٰىۖ٢
Allażī khalaqa fasawwā.
[2]
Who created and proportioned
وَالَّذِيْ قَدَّرَ فَهَدٰىۖ٣
Wal-lażī qaddara fahadā.
[3]
And who destined and [then] guided
وَالَّذِيْٓ اَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعٰىۖ٤
Wal-lażī akhrajal-mar‘ā.
[4]
And who brings out the pasture
فَجَعَلَهٗ غُثَاۤءً اَحْوٰىۖ٥
Fa ja‘alahū guṡā'an aḥwā.
[5]
And [then] makes it black stubble.
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنْسٰىٓ ۖ٦
Sanuqri'uka falā tansā.
[6]
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
اِلَّا مَا شَاۤءَ اللّٰهُ ۗاِنَّهٗ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفٰىۗ٧
Illā mā syā'allāh(u), innahū ya‘lamul-jahra wa mā yakhfā.
[7]
Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرٰىۖ٨
Wa nuyassiruka lil-yusrā.
[8]
And We will ease you toward ease.
فَذَكِّرْ اِنْ نَّفَعَتِ الذِّكْرٰىۗ٩
Fa żakkir in nafa‘atiż-żikrā.
[9]
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَنْ يَّخْشٰىۙ١٠
Sayażżakkaru may yakhsyā.
[10]
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْاَشْقَىۙ١١
Wa yatajannabuhal-asyqā.
[11]
But the wretched one will avoid it -
الَّذِيْ يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرٰىۚ١٢
Allażī yaṣlan-nāral-kubrā.
[12]
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوْتُ فِيْهَا وَلَا يَحْيٰىۗ١٣
Ṡumma lā yamūtu fīhā wa lā yaḥyā.
[13]
Neither dying therein nor living.
قَدْ اَفْلَحَ مَنْ تَزَكّٰىۙ١٤
Qad aflaḥa man tazakkā.
[14]
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهٖ فَصَلّٰىۗ١٥
Wa żakarasma rabbihī fa ṣallā.
[15]
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُوْنَ الْحَيٰوةَ الدُّنْيَاۖ١٦
Bal tu'ṡirūnal-ḥayātad-dun-yā.
[16]
But you prefer the worldly life,
وَالْاٰخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَّاَبْقٰىۗ١٧
Wal-ākhiratu khairuw wa abqā.
[17]
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
اِنَّ هٰذَا لَفِى الصُّحُفِ الْاُوْلٰىۙ١٨
Inna hāżā lafiṣ-ṣuḥufil-ūlā.
[18]
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
صُحُفِ اِبْرٰهِيْمَ وَمُوْسٰى ࣖ١٩
Ṣuḥufi ibrāhīma wa mūsā.
[19]
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.