Surah Al-A'la

سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى ﴿١﴾

Sabbihisma Rabbikal A'laa

1Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ﴿٢﴾

Allazee khalaqa fasawwaa

2Who created and proportioned

وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ ﴿٣﴾

Wallazee qaddara fahadaa

3And who destined and [then] guided

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ ﴿٤﴾

Wallazeee akhrajal mar'aa

4And who brings out the pasture

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ ﴿٥﴾

Faja'alahoo ghusaaa'an ahwaa

5And [then] makes it black stubble.

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ ﴿٦﴾

Sanuqri'uka falaa tansaaa

6We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ ﴿٧﴾

Illaa maa shaaa'al laah; innahoo ya'lamul jahra wa maa yakhfaa

7Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ ﴿٨﴾

Wa nu-yassiruka lilyusraa

8And We will ease you toward ease.

فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ ﴿٩﴾

Fazakkir in nafa'atizzikraa

9So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ ﴿١٠﴾

Sa yazzakkaru maiyakhshaa

10He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى ﴿١١﴾

Wa yatajannabuhal ashqaa

11But the wretched one will avoid it -

ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ﴿١٢﴾

Allazee yaslan Naaral kubraa

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

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ ﴿١٣﴾

Summa laa yamootu feehaa wa laa yahyaa

13Neither dying therein nor living.

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ ﴿١٤﴾

Qad aflaha man tazakkaa

14He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ ﴿١٥﴾

Wa zakaras ma Rabbihee fasallaa

15And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ﴿١٦﴾

Bal tu'siroonal hayaatad dunyaa

16But you prefer the worldly life,

وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ ﴿١٧﴾

Wal Aakhiratu khairunw wa abqaa

17While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ﴿١٨﴾

Inna haazaa lafis suhu fil oolaa

18Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ ﴿١٩﴾

Suhufi Ibraaheema wa Moosaa

19The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.