Al-A'laa -- The Most High
19 verses · meccan
سَبِّحِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡأَعۡلَى
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High
Ayah 1ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Who created and proportioned
Ayah 2وَٱلَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
And who destined and [then] guided
Ayah 3وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَخۡرَجَ ٱلۡمَرۡعَىٰ
And who brings out the pasture
Ayah 4فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحۡوَىٰ
And [then] makes it black stubble
Ayah 5سَنُقۡرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget
Ayah 6إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡجَهۡرَ وَمَا يَخۡفَىٰ
Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden
Ayah 7وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلۡيُسۡرَىٰ
And We will ease you toward ease
Ayah 8فَذَكِّرۡ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ
So remind, if the reminder should benefit
Ayah 9سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰ
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded
Ayah 10وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى
But the wretched one will avoid it
Ayah 11ٱلَّذِي يَصۡلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire
Ayah 12ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحۡيَىٰ
Neither dying therein nor living
Ayah 13قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
Ayah 14وَذَكَرَ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays
Ayah 15بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا
But you prefer the worldly life
Ayah 16وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرࣱ وَأَبۡقَىٰٓ
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring
Ayah 17إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures
Ayah 18صُحُفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses
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