The Most High

Al-A'laa

سورة الأعلى

19 versets · Mecquoise

verset 1

سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى

Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High

verset 2

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

Who created and ˹perfectly˺ fashioned ˹all˺

verset 3

وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

and Who ordained precisely and inspired accordingly

verset 4

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ

and Who brings forth ˹green˺ pasture

verset 5

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ

then reduces it to withered chaff.

verset 6

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ

We will have you recite ˹the Quran, O  Prophet,˺ so you will not forget ˹any of it˺

verset 7

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ

unless Allah wills otherwise. He surely knows what is open and what is hidden.

verset 8

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

We will facilitate for you the Way of Ease.

verset 9

فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

So ˹always˺ remind ˹with the Quran˺—˹even˺ if the reminder is beneficial ˹only to some˺.

verset 10

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ

Those in awe ˹of Allah˺ will be mindful ˹of it˺.

verset 11

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى

But it will be shunned by the most wretched

verset 12

ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

who will burn in the greatest Fire

verset 13

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ

where they will not ˹be able to˺ live or die.

verset 14

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

Successful indeed are those who purify themselves

verset 15

وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ

remember the Name of their Lord, and pray.

verset 16

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

But you ˹deniers only˺ prefer the life of this world

verset 17

وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ

even though the Hereafter is far better and more lasting.

verset 18

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

This is certainly ˹mentioned˺ in the earlier Scriptures—

verset 19

صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

the Scriptures of Abraham and Moses.