Surah Al-A'la الأعلى

سَبِّحِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡأَعۡلَى ١

[Prophet], glorify the name of your Lord the Most High,

ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ٢

who created [all things] in due proportion;

وَٱلَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ ٣

who determined their destinies and guided them;

وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَخۡرَجَ ٱلۡمَرۡعَىٰ ٤

who brought out the green pasture

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحۡوَىٰ ٥

then made it dark debris.

سَنُقۡرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ ٦

[Prophet], We shall teach you [the Quran] and you will not forget––

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡجَهۡرَ وَمَا يَخۡفَىٰ ٧

unless God wishes; He knows both what is open and what is hidden––

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلۡيُسۡرَىٰ ٨

We shall show you the easy way.

فَذَكِّرۡ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ ٩

So remind, if reminding will help.

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰ ١٠

Those who stand in awe of God will heed the reminder,

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى ١١

but it will be ignored by the most wicked,

ٱلَّذِي يَصۡلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ١٢

who will enter the Great Fire,

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحۡيَىٰ ١٣

where they will neither die nor live.

قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٤

Prosperous are those who purify themselves,

وَذَكَرَ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ ١٥

remember the name of their Lord, and pray.

بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ١٦

Yet you [people] prefer the life of this world,

وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرٞ وَأَبۡقَىٰٓ ١٧

even though the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ ١٨

All this is in the earlier scriptures,

صُحُفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ ١٩

the scriptures of Abraham and Moses.