Surah Al-A‘lâ

Translation: Abdul Mannan Omar. Open a verse to compare translations and read its commentary.

1. 1 سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى Extol the holiness of the name of your Lord, the Most High.
2. 2 الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ Who creates (all things) and gives (them) suitable and perfect shapes.
3. 3 وَالَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ Who determines (the capacities and faculties) and furnishes them with (appropriate) guidance to achieve the final goal.
4. 4 وَالَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعَىٰ And Who brings forth the pasturage,
5. 5 فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَاءً أَحْوَىٰ And then turns it into dried up rubbish, gray coloured.
6. 6 سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنْسَىٰ We will soon teach (you and) make you recite (the Qur´ân) so that you shall not forget (any part of it).
7. 7 إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ Except whatever (other things which) Allâh will (and which things you are apt to forget as a human being). Indeed He knows all that is manifest and all that is hidden.
8. 8 وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ And We shall provide you (every) facility and make things easy for you.
9. 9 فَذَكِّرْ إِنْ نَفَعَتِ الذِّكْرَىٰ Therefore keep on reminding (the people), surely reminding does good.
10. 10 سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَنْ يَخْشَىٰ He who stands in awe (of God) will heed,
11. 11 وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى But the person steeped in wickedness goes on avoiding it.
12. 12 الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرَىٰ He who will enter the great Fire,
13. 13 ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ Then he shall neither die therein nor live.
14. 14 قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ تَزَكَّىٰ Verily, that person who purifies himself truly will succeed (both in this life and in the Hereafter),
15. 15 وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ And remembers and extols the name of his Lord and offers Prayers.
16. 16 بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا But the fact is that you people prefer the present life,
17. 17 وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ Though the (the life in) the Hereafter is much better and more lasting.
18. 18 إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَىٰ These (teachings) are so stated in the earlier Scriptures;
19. 19 صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ The Scriptures of Abraham and Moses.