Surah Al-A'la

سَبِّحِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡأَعۡلَى ﴿١﴾

Sabbihi isma rabbika alaʿla

Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High

ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ﴿٢﴾

Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

Who created and proportioned

وَٱلَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ ﴿٣﴾

Waallathee qaddara fahada

And who destined and [then] guided

وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَخۡرَجَ ٱلۡمَرۡعَىٰ ﴿٤﴾

Waallathee akhraja almarʿa

And who brings out the pasture

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحۡوَىٰ ﴿٥﴾

Fajaʿalahu ghuthaan ahwa

And [then] makes it black stubble

سَنُقۡرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ ﴿٦﴾

Sanuqrioka fala tansa

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

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡجَهۡرَ وَمَا يَخۡفَىٰ ﴿٧﴾

Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaʿlamu aljahra wama yakhfa

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

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلۡيُسۡرَىٰ ﴿٨﴾

Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

And We will ease you toward ease

فَذَكِّرۡ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ ﴿٩﴾

Fathakkir in nafaʿati alththikra

So remind, if the reminder should benefit

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰ ﴿١٠﴾

Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

He who fears [Allah] will be reminded

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى ﴿١١﴾

Wayatajannabuha alashqa

But the wretched one will avoid it

ٱلَّذِي يَصۡلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ﴿١٢﴾

Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

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

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحۡيَىٰ ﴿١٣﴾

Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

Neither dying therein nor living

قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ ﴿١٤﴾

Qad aflaha man tazakka

He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

وَذَكَرَ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ ﴿١٥﴾

Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

And mentions the name of his Lord and prays

بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ﴿١٦﴾

Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya

But you prefer the worldly life

وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرٞ وَأَبۡقَىٰٓ ﴿١٧﴾

Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa

While the Hereafter is better and more enduring

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ ﴿١٨﴾

Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola

Indeed, this is in the former scriptures

صُحُفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ ﴿١٩﴾

Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa

The scriptures of Abraham and Moses