Al-A'laa

Sabbihisma Rabbikal A'laa

EXTOL the limitless glory of thy Sustainer's name: [the glory of] the Al-Highest,

Allazee khalaqa fasawwaa

who creates [every thing], and thereupon forms it in accordance with what it is meant to be,

Wallazee qaddara fahadaa

and who determines the nature [of all that exists], and thereupon guides it [towards its fulfilment],

Wallazeee akhrajal mar'aa

and who brings forth herbage,

Faja'alahoo ghusaaa'an ahwaa

and thereupon causes it to decay into rust-brown stubble!

Sanuqri'uka falaa tansaaa

WE SHALL teach thee, and thou wilt not forget [aught of what thou art taught],

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

save what God may will [thee to forget] - for, verily, He [alone] knows all that is open to [man's] perception as well as all that is hidden [from it]

Wa nu-yassiruka lilyusraa

and [thus] shall We make easy for thee the path towards [ultimate] ease.

Fazakkir in nafa'atizzikraa

REMIND, THEN, [others of the truth, regardless of] whether this reminding [would seem to] be of use [or not]:

Sa yazzakkaru maiyakhshaa

in mind will keep it he who stands in awe [of God],

Wa yatajannabuhal ashqaa

but aloof from it will remain that most hapless wretch –

Allazee yaslan Naaral kubraa

he who [in the life to come] shall have to endure the great fire

Summa laa yamootu feehaa wa laa yahyaa

wherein he will neither die nor remain alive.

Qad aflaha man tazakkaa

To happiness [in the life to come] will indeed attain he who attains to purity [in this world],

Wa zakaras ma Rabbihee fasallaa

and remembers his Sustainer's name, and prays [unto Him].

Bal tu'siroonal hayaatad dunyaa

But nay, [O men,] you prefer the life of this world,

Wal Aakhiratu khairunw wa abqaa

although the life to come is better and more enduring.

Inna haazaa lafis suhu fil oolaa

Verily, [all] this has indeed been [said] in the earlier revelations –

Suhufi Ibraaheema wa Moosaa

the revelations of Abraham and Moses.