The Most High

Al-A'laa

سورة الأعلى

19 ayat · Makkiyah

ayat 1

سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى

Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High

ayat 2

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

Who created and ˹perfectly˺ fashioned ˹all˺

ayat 3

وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

and Who ordained precisely and inspired accordingly

ayat 4

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ

and Who brings forth ˹green˺ pasture

ayat 5

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ

then reduces it to withered chaff.

ayat 6

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ

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

ayat 7

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ

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

ayat 8

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

We will facilitate for you the Way of Ease.

ayat 9

فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

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

ayat 10

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ

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

ayat 11

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى

But it will be shunned by the most wretched

ayat 12

ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

who will burn in the greatest Fire

ayat 13

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ

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

ayat 14

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

Successful indeed are those who purify themselves

ayat 15

وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ

remember the Name of their Lord, and pray.

ayat 16

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

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

ayat 17

وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ

even though the Hereafter is far better and more lasting.

ayat 18

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

This is certainly ˹mentioned˺ in the earlier Scriptures—

ayat 19

صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

the Scriptures of Abraham and Moses.