Al-A'la

سَبِّحِ اسۡمَ رَبِّكَ الۡاَعۡلَىۙ‏ ١

Sabbihisma Rabbikal A'laa

Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

الَّذِىۡ خَلَقَ فَسَوّٰى ۙ‏ ٢

Allazee khalaqa fasawwaa

Who created and proportioned

وَالَّذِىۡ قَدَّرَ فَهَدٰى ۙ‏ ٣

Wallazee qaddara fahadaa

And who destined and [then] guided

وَالَّذِىۡۤ اَخۡرَجَ الۡمَرۡعٰى ۙ‏ ٤

Wallazeee akhrajal mar'aa

And who brings out the pasture

فَجَعَلَهٗ غُثَآءً اَحۡوٰىؕ‏ ٥

Faja'alahoo ghusaaa'an ahwaa

And [then] makes it black stubble.

سَنُقۡرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنۡسٰٓىۙ‏ ٦

Sanuqri'uka falaa tansaaa

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

اِلَّا مَا شَآءَ اللّٰهُ​ؕ اِنَّهٗ يَعۡلَمُ الۡجَهۡرَ وَمَا يَخۡفٰىؕ‏ ٧

Illaa maa shaaa'al laah; innahoo ya'lamul jahra wa maa yakhfaa

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

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلۡيُسۡرٰى ​ۖ​ۚ‏ ٨

Wa nu-yassiruka lilyusraa

And We will ease you toward ease.

فَذَكِّرۡ اِنۡ نَّفَعَتِ الذِّكۡرٰىؕ‏ ٩

Fazakkir in nafa'atizzikraa

So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَنۡ يَّخۡشٰىۙ‏ ١٠

Sa yazzakkaru maiyakhshaa

He who fears [Allāh] will be reminded.

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الۡاَشۡقَىۙ‏ ١١

Wa yatajannabuhal ashqaa

But the wretched one will avoid it

الَّذِىۡ يَصۡلَى النَّارَ الۡكُبۡرٰى​ۚ‏ ١٢

Allazee yaslan Naaral kubraa

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

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوۡتُ فِيۡهَا وَلَا يَحۡيٰىؕ‏ ١٣

Summa laa yamootu feehaa wa laa yahyaa

Neither dying therein nor living.

قَدۡ اَفۡلَحَ مَنۡ تَزَكّٰىۙ‏ ١٤

Qad aflaha man tazakkaa

He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

وَذَكَرَ اسۡمَ رَبِّهٖ فَصَلّٰى​ ؕ‏ ١٥

Wa zakaras ma Rabbihee fasallaa

And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُوۡنَ الۡحَيٰوةَ الدُّنۡيَا ۖ‏ ١٦

Bal tu'siroonal hayaatad dunyaa

But you prefer the worldly life,

وَالۡاٰخِرَةُ خَيۡرٌ وَّ اَبۡقٰىؕ‏ ١٧

Wal Aakhiratu khairunw wa abqaa

While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

اِنَّ هٰذَا لَفِى الصُّحُفِ الۡاُوۡلٰىۙ‏ ١٨

Inna haazaa lafis suhu fil oolaa

Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

صُحُفِ اِبۡرٰهِيۡمَ وَمُوۡسٰى‏ ١٩

Suhufi Ibraaheema wa Moosaa

The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.