Al-A'laa -- The Most High

19 verses · meccan

سَبِّحِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡأَعۡلَى

Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High

Ayah 1

ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

Who created and proportioned

Ayah 2

وَٱلَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

And who destined and [then] guided

Ayah 3

وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَخۡرَجَ ٱلۡمَرۡعَىٰ

And who brings out the pasture

Ayah 4

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحۡوَىٰ

And [then] makes it black stubble

Ayah 5

سَنُقۡرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ

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

Ayah 6

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡجَهۡرَ وَمَا يَخۡفَىٰ

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

Ayah 7

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلۡيُسۡرَىٰ

And We will ease you toward ease

Ayah 8

فَذَكِّرۡ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ

So remind, if the reminder should benefit

Ayah 9

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰ

He who fears [Allah] will be reminded

Ayah 10

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى

But the wretched one will avoid it

Ayah 11

ٱلَّذِي يَصۡلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ

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

Ayah 12

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحۡيَىٰ

Neither dying therein nor living

Ayah 13

قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

Ayah 14

وَذَكَرَ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ

And mentions the name of his Lord and prays

Ayah 15

بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا

But you prefer the worldly life

Ayah 16

وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرࣱ وَأَبۡقَىٰٓ

While the Hereafter is better and more enduring

Ayah 17

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ

Indeed, this is in the former scriptures

Ayah 18

صُحُفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

The scriptures of Abraham and Moses

Ayah 19