Al-A'la

sabbiḥi is'ma rabbika l-aʿlā

Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

alladhī khalaqa fasawwā

Who created and proportioned

wa-alladhī qaddara fahadā

And who destined and [then] guided

wa-alladhī akhraja l-marʿā

And who brings out the pasture

fajaʿalahu ghuthāan aḥwā

And [then] makes it black stubble.

sanuq'ri-uka falā tansā

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

illā mā shāa l-lahu innahu yaʿlamu l-jahra wamā yakhfā

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

wanuyassiruka lil'yus'rā

And We will ease you toward ease.

fadhakkir in nafaʿati l-dhik'rā

So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

sayadhakkaru man yakhshā

He who fears [Allāh] will be reminded.

wayatajannabuhā l-ashqā

But the wretched one will avoid it

alladhī yaṣlā l-nāra l-kub'rā

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

thumma lā yamūtu fīhā walā yaḥyā

Neither dying therein nor living.

qad aflaḥa man tazakkā

He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

wadhakara is'ma rabbihi faṣallā

And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

bal tu'thirūna l-ḥayata l-dun'yā

But you prefer the worldly life,

wal-ākhiratu khayrun wa-abqā

While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

inna hādhā lafī l-ṣuḥufi l-ūlā

Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

ṣuḥufi ib'rāhīma wamūsā

The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.