Al-A'la

Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

sabbiḥi is'ma rabbika l-aʿlā

Who created and proportioned

alladhī khalaqa fasawwā

And who destined and [then] guided

wa-alladhī qaddara fahadā

And who brings out the pasture

wa-alladhī akhraja l-marʿā

And [then] makes it black stubble.

fajaʿalahu ghuthāan aḥwā

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

sanuq'ri-uka falā tansā

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

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

And We will ease you toward ease.

wanuyassiruka lil'yus'rā

So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

fadhakkir in nafaʿati l-dhik'rā

He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.

sayadhakkaru man yakhshā

But the wretched one will avoid it -

wayatajannabuhā l-ashqā

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

alladhī yaṣlā l-nāra l-kub'rā

Neither dying therein nor living.

thumma lā yamūtu fīhā walā yaḥyā

He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

qad aflaḥa man tazakkā

And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

wadhakara is'ma rabbihi faṣallā

But you prefer the worldly life,

bal tu'thirūna l-ḥayata l-dun'yā

While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

wal-ākhiratu khayrun wa-abqā

Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

inna hādhā lafī l-ṣuḥufi l-ūlā

The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

ṣuḥufi ib'rāhīma wamūsā