Al-Ala

سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى ١

Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ٢

Who created and ˹perfectly˺ fashioned ˹all˺

وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ ٣

and Who ordained precisely and inspired accordingly

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ ٤

and Who brings forth ˹green˺ pasture

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ ٥

then reduces it to withered chaff

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ ٦

We will have you recite ˹the Quran, O Prophet,˺ so you will not forget ˹any of it˺

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ‌ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ ٧

unless Allah wills otherwise. He surely knows what is open and what is hidden

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ ٨

We will facilitate for you the Way of Ease

فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ ٩

So ˹always˺ remind ˹with the Quran˺—˹even˺ if the reminder is beneficial ˹only to some˺

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ ١٠

Those in awe ˹of Allah˺ will be mindful ˹of it˺

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى ١١

But it will be shunned by the most wretched

ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ١٢

who will burn in the greatest Fire

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ ١٣

where they will not ˹be able to˺ live or die

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٤

Successful indeed are those who purify themselves

وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ ١٥

remember the Name of their Lord, and pray

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٲةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ١٦

But you ˹deniers only˺ prefer the life of this world

وَٱلْأَخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ ١٧

even though the Hereafter is far better and more lasting

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ١٨

This is certainly ˹mentioned˺ in the earlier Scriptures—

صُحُفِ إِبْرَٲهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ ١٩

the Scriptures of Abraham and Moses