The Most High

سورة الأعـلى

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
﴿١﴾ سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى
1Praise the Name of your Lord, the Most High.
﴿٢﴾ الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
2He who creates and regulates.
﴿٣﴾ وَالَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
3He who measures and guides.
﴿٤﴾ وَالَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعَىٰ
4He who produces the pasture.
﴿٥﴾ فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَاءً أَحْوَىٰ
5Then reduces it to light debris.
﴿٦﴾ سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنْسَىٰ
6We will make you read, so do not forget.
﴿٧﴾ إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
7Except what Allah wills. He knows what is declared, and what is hidden.
﴿٨﴾ وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
8We will facilitate for you the Way of Ease.
﴿٩﴾ فَذَكِّرْ إِنْ نَفَعَتِ الذِّكْرَىٰ
9So remind, if the reminder is beneficial.
﴿١٠﴾ سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَنْ يَخْشَىٰ
10He who fears will take notice.
﴿١١﴾ وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى
11But the most wretched will avoid it.
﴿١٢﴾ الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرَىٰ
12He who will enter the Gigantic Fire.
﴿١٣﴾ ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
13Where he will neither die, nor live.
﴿١٤﴾ قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ تَزَكَّىٰ
14Successful is he who purifies himself.
﴿١٥﴾ وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ
15And remembers the Name of his Lord, and prays.
﴿١٦﴾ بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
16But you prefer the present life.
﴿١٧﴾ وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ
17Even though the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
﴿١٨﴾ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَىٰ
18This is in the earlier scriptures.
﴿١٩﴾ صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ
19The Scriptures of Abraham and Moses.