Al-'A`lá

سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى

Sabbihi isma rabbika al-aAAla

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

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

who created [all things] in due proportion;

وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

Wallathee qaddara fahada

who determined their destinies and guided them;

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ

Wallathee akhraja almarAAa

who brought out the green pasture

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ

FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

then made it dark debris.

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ

Sanuqri-oka fala tansa

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

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ

Illa ma shaa Allahuinnahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa

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

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

We shall show you the easy way.

فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

Fathakkir in nafaAAati aththikra

So remind, if reminding will help.

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ

Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

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

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى

Wayatajannabuha al-ashqa

but it will be ignored by the most wicked,

ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

Allathee yasla annaraalkubra

who will enter the Great Fire,

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ

Thumma la yamootu feeha walayahya

where they will neither die nor live.

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

Qad aflaha man tazakka

Prosperous are those who purify themselves,

وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ

Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

remember the name of their Lord, and pray.

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

Bal tu/thiroona alhayata addunya

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

وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ

Wal-akhiratu khayrun waabqa

even though the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

Inna hatha lafee assuhufial-oola

All this is in the earlier scriptures,

صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa

the scriptures of Abraham and Moses.