Surah Al-A'la — The Most High

سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْاَعْلَىۙ

Sabbiḥisma rabbikal-a‘lā.

Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

الَّذِيْ خَلَقَ فَسَوّٰىۖ

Allażī khalaqa fasawwā.

Who created and proportioned

وَالَّذِيْ قَدَّرَ فَهَدٰىۖ

Wal-lażī qaddara fahadā.

And who destined and [then] guided

وَالَّذِيْٓ اَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعٰىۖ

Wal-lażī akhrajal-mar‘ā.

And who brings out the pasture

فَجَعَلَهٗ غُثَاۤءً اَحْوٰىۖ

Fa ja‘alahū guṡā'an aḥwā.

And [then] makes it black stubble.

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنْسٰىٓ ۖ

Sanuqri'uka falā tansā.

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

اِلَّا مَا شَاۤءَ اللّٰهُ ۗاِنَّهٗ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفٰىۗ

Illā mā syā'allāh(u), innahū ya‘lamul-jahra wa mā yakhfā.

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

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرٰىۖ

Wa nuyassiruka lil-yusrā.

And We will ease you toward ease.

فَذَكِّرْ اِنْ نَّفَعَتِ الذِّكْرٰىۗ

Fa żakkir in nafa‘atiż-żikrā.

So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَنْ يَّخْشٰىۙ

Sayażżakkaru may yakhsyā.

He who fears [Allāh] will be reminded.

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْاَشْقَىۙ

Wa yatajannabuhal-asyqā.

But the wretched one will avoid it

الَّذِيْ يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرٰىۚ

Allażī yaṣlan-nāral-kubrā.

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

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوْتُ فِيْهَا وَلَا يَحْيٰىۗ

Ṡumma lā yamūtu fīhā wa lā yaḥyā.

Neither dying therein nor living.

قَدْ اَفْلَحَ مَنْ تَزَكّٰىۙ

Qad aflaḥa man tazakkā.

He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهٖ فَصَلّٰىۗ

Wa żakarasma rabbihī fa ṣallā.

And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُوْنَ الْحَيٰوةَ الدُّنْيَاۖ

Bal tu'ṡirūnal-ḥayātad-dun-yā.

But you prefer the worldly life,

وَالْاٰخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَّاَبْقٰىۗ

Wal-ākhiratu khairuw wa abqā.

While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

اِنَّ هٰذَا لَفِى الصُّحُفِ الْاُوْلٰىۙ

Inna hāżā lafiṣ-ṣuḥufil-ūlā.

Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

صُحُفِ اِبْرٰهِيْمَ وَمُوْسٰى ࣖ

Ṣuḥufi ibrāhīma wa mūsā.

The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.