Al-A'la الأعلى

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى

bismillah ar-rahman ar-rahim sabbihi isma rabbika al-a'la

Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

alladhi khalaq fa-sawwa

Who created and proportioned

وَالَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

wa-alladhi qaddara fa-hada

And who destined and [then] guided

وَالَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعَىٰ

wa-alladhi akhraja al-mar'a

And who brings out the pasture

فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَاءً أَحْوَىٰ

fa-ja'alahu gutha'an ahwa

And [then] makes it black stubble.

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰ

sanuqri'uka fa-la tansa

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

إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ

illa ma sha'a Allah innahu ya'lamu al-jahra wa-ma yakhfa

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

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

wanuyassiruka lil-yusra

And We will ease you toward ease.

فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ الذِّكْرَىٰ

fa-dhakkir in nafa'at adh-dhikra

So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ

sayadhakkaru man yakhsha

He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى

wa-yatajannabuha al-ashqa

But the wretched one will avoid it -

الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرَىٰ

alladhi yasla an-nar al-kubra

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

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ

thumma la yamut fiha wala yahya

Neither dying therein nor living.

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

qad aflaha man tazakka

He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ

wa-dhakara ism rabbih fa-salla

And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

bal tu'thirun al-hayat ad-dunya

But you prefer the worldly life,

وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ

wal-akhirat khayr wa-abqa

While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَىٰ

inna hadha lafi as-suhuf al-ula

Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

suhuf Ibrahim wa Musa

The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.