Al-Ala · The Most High

سَبِّحِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡأَعۡلَى ١

Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla

Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High

ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ٢

Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

Who created and proportioned

وَٱلَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ ٣

Waallathee qaddara fahada

And who destined and [then] guided

وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَخۡرَجَ ٱلۡمَرۡعَىٰ ٤

Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

And who brings out the pasture

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحۡوَىٰ ٥

FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

And [then] makes it black stubble

سَنُقۡرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ ٦

Sanuqrioka fala tansa

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

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡجَهۡرَ وَمَا يَخۡفَىٰ ٧

Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa

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

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلۡيُسۡرَىٰ ٨

Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

And We will ease you toward ease

فَذَكِّرۡ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ ٩

Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

So remind, if the reminder should benefit

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰ ١٠

Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

He who fears [Allah] will be reminded

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى ١١

Wayatajannabuha alashqa

But the wretched one will avoid it

ٱلَّذِي يَصۡلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ١٢

Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

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

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحۡيَىٰ ١٣

Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

Neither dying therein nor living

قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٤

Qad aflaha man tazakka

He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

وَذَكَرَ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ ١٥

Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

And mentions the name of his Lord and prays

بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ١٦

Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya

But you prefer the worldly life

وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرٞ وَأَبۡقَىٰٓ ١٧

Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa

While the Hereafter is better and more enduring

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ ١٨

Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola

Indeed, this is in the former scriptures

صُحُفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ ١٩

Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa

The scriptures of Abraham and Moses