Sûrat al-A’lâ
Sûrat al-A’lâ
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(Revealed at Makkah)
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بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
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سَبِّحِ اسۡمَ رَبِّكَ الۡاَعۡلَىۙ ﴿۱ ﴾
1. Sabbihis-ma Rabbikal A’laa.
1. Glorify the name of thy Guardian-Lord Most High,
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الَّذِىۡ خَلَقَ فَسَوّٰى ۙ﴿۲﴾
2. Allazee khalaqa fasaw waa.
2. Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;
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وَالَّذِىۡ قَدَّرَ فَهَدٰى ۙ ﴿۳ ﴾
3. Wallazee qaddara fahadaa.
3. Who hath measured. And granted guidance;
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وَالَّذِىۡۤ اَخۡرَجَ الۡمَرۡعٰى ﴿۴ ﴾
4.Wallazeee akhrajal-mar’aa.
4. And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
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فَجَعَلَهٗ غُثَآءً اَحۡوٰىؕ ﴿۵ ﴾
5. Faja’alahoo ghusaaa’an ahwaa.
5. And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
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سَنُقۡرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنۡسٰٓىۙ ﴿۶ ﴾
6. Sanuqri’uka falaa tansaaa.
6. By degrees shall We teach thee (the Message), so thou shalt not forget,
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اِلَّا مَا شَآءَ اللّٰهُؕ اِنَّهٗ يَعۡلَمُ الۡجَهۡرَ وَمَا يَخۡفٰىؕ ﴿۷ ﴾
7. Illaa maa shaaa’al-laah; innahoo yaʼlamul-jahra wa maa yakhfaa.
7. Except as Allah wills: for He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden.
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وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلۡيُسۡرٰى ۖۚ ﴿۸ ﴾
8. Wa nu-yassiruka lilyusraa.
8. And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).
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فَذَكِّرۡ اِنۡ نَّفَعَتِ الذِّكۡرٰىؕ ﴿۹ ﴾
9. Fazakkir in nafa’atiz zikraa.
9. Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).
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سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَنۡ يَّخۡشٰىۙ ﴿۱۰ ﴾
10. Sa-yazzakkaru maňy yakhshaa.
10. He will heed who fears:
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وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الۡاَشۡقَىۙ ﴿۱۱ ﴾
11. Wa yata-jannabuhal ashqaa.
11. But it will be avoided by the most unfortunate one,
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الَّذِىۡ يَصۡلَى النَّارَ الۡكُبۡرٰىۚ ﴿۱۲ ﴾
12. Allazee yaşlan-Naaral kubraa.
12. Who will enter the Great Fire,
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ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوۡتُ فِيۡهَا وَلَا يَحۡيٰىؕ ﴿۱۳ ﴾
13. Summa laa yamootu fehaa wa laa yahyaa.
13. In which he will then neither die nor live.
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قَدۡ اَفۡلَحَ مَنۡ تَزَكّٰىۙ ﴿۱۴ ﴾
14. Qad aflaha man tazakkaa.
14. But he will prosper who purifies himself.
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وَذَكَرَ اسۡمَ رَبِّهٖ فَصَلّٰى ؕ ﴿۱۵ ﴾
15. Wa zakaras-ma Rabbihee faşallaa.
15. And remembers the name of his Guardian-Lord, and prays.
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بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُوۡنَ الۡحَيٰوةَ الدُّنۡيَا ﴿۱۶ ﴾
16. Bal tu’siroonal-hayaa tad-dunyaa.
16. Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
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وَالۡاٰخِرَةُ خَيۡرٌ وَّ اَبۡقٰىؕ ﴿۱۷ ﴾
17. Wal-Aakhiratu khayrunw wa abqaa.
17. But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
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اِنَّ هٰذَا لَفِىۡ الصُّحُفِ الۡاُوۡلٰىۙ ﴿۱۸ ﴾
18. Inna haazaa lafiş-Suhu fil-oolaa.
18. And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelations),
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صُحُفِ اِبۡرٰهِيۡمَ وَمُوۡسٰى ﴿۱۹ ﴾
19. Şuhufi Ibraaheema wa Moosaa.
19. The Books of Abraham and Moses.
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