Al-A'la — English Translation

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى ﴿1﴾

(Muhammad), glorify the Name of your lord, the Most High,

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ﴿2﴾

Who has created (all things) proportionately,

وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ ﴿3﴾

decreed their destinies, and provided them with guidance.

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ ﴿4﴾

It is He who has caused the grass to grow,

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ ﴿5﴾

then caused it to wither away.

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ ﴿6﴾

We shall teach you (the Quran) and you will not forget it

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ ﴿7﴾

unless God wills it to be otherwise. He knows all that is made public and all that remains hidden.

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ ﴿8﴾

We shall make all your tasks easy.

فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ ﴿9﴾

Therefore, keep on preaching as long as it is of benefit.

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ ﴿10﴾

Those who have fear of God will benefit

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى ﴿11﴾

but the reprobates will turn away

ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ﴿12﴾

and suffer the heat of the great fire

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ ﴿13﴾

wherein they will neither live nor die.

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ ﴿14﴾

Lasting happiness will be for those who purify themselves,

وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ ﴿15﴾

remember the name of the Lord, and pray to Him.

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ﴿16﴾

However, (the disbelievers) prefer the worldly life

وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ ﴿17﴾

even though the life hereafter will be better and will last forever.

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ﴿18﴾

This is what is written in the ancient heavenly Books,

صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ ﴿19﴾

the Scriptures of Abraham and Moses.