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Al-A‘lā

English Translation - Saheeh International

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{بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى}

(1) Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

{الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ}

(2) Who created and proportioned

{وَالَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ}

(3) And who destined and [then] guided

{وَالَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعَىٰ}

(4) And who brings out the pasture

{فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَاءً أَحْوَىٰ}

(5) And [then] makes it black stubble.

{سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنْسَىٰ}

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

{إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ}

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

{وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ}

(8) And We will ease you toward ease.[1907]

{فَذَكِّرْ إِنْ نَفَعَتِ الذِّكْرَىٰ}

(9) So remind, if the reminder should benefit;[1908]

{سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَنْ يَخْشَىٰ}

(10) He who fears [Allāh] will be reminded.

{وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى}

(11) But the wretched one will avoid it

{الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرَىٰ}

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

{ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ}

(13) Neither dying therein nor living.

{قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ تَزَكَّىٰ}

(14) He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

{وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ}

(15) And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

{بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا}

(16) But you prefer the worldly life,

{وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ}

(17) While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

{إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَىٰ}

(18) Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

{صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ}

(19) The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

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