Al-A'la

سَبِّحِ اسۡمَ رَبِّكَ الۡاَعۡلَىۙ‏

Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

الَّذِىۡ خَلَقَ فَسَوّٰى ۙ‏

Who created and proportioned

وَالَّذِىۡ قَدَّرَ فَهَدٰى ۙ‏

And who destined and [then] guided

وَالَّذِىۡۤ اَخۡرَجَ الۡمَرۡعٰى ۙ‏

And who brings out the pasture

فَجَعَلَهٗ غُثَآءً اَحۡوٰىؕ‏

And [then] makes it black stubble.

سَنُقۡرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنۡسٰٓىۙ‏

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

اِلَّا مَا شَآءَ اللّٰهُ​ؕ اِنَّهٗ يَعۡلَمُ الۡجَهۡرَ وَمَا يَخۡفٰىؕ‏

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

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلۡيُسۡرٰى ​ۖ​ۚ‏

And We will ease you toward ease.1

فَذَكِّرۡ اِنۡ نَّفَعَتِ الذِّكۡرٰىؕ‏

So remind, if the reminder should benefit;1

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَنۡ يَّخۡشٰىۙ‏

He who fears [Allāh] will be reminded.

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الۡاَشۡقَىۙ‏

But the wretched one will avoid it

الَّذِىۡ يَصۡلَى النَّارَ الۡكُبۡرٰى​ۚ‏

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

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوۡتُ فِيۡهَا وَلَا يَحۡيٰىؕ‏

Neither dying therein nor living.

قَدۡ اَفۡلَحَ مَنۡ تَزَكّٰىۙ‏

He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

وَذَكَرَ اسۡمَ رَبِّهٖ فَصَلّٰى​ ؕ‏

And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُوۡنَ الۡحَيٰوةَ الدُّنۡيَا ۖ‏

But you prefer the worldly life,

وَالۡاٰخِرَةُ خَيۡرٌ وَّ اَبۡقٰىؕ‏

While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

اِنَّ هٰذَا لَفِى الصُّحُفِ الۡاُوۡلٰىۙ‏

Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

صُحُفِ اِبۡرٰهِيۡمَ وَمُوۡسٰى‏

The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.