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الأعلى

The Most High19 Ayahs

1

سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى

Sabbihi isma rabbika al-aAAla

Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
2

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

Who created and proportioned
3

وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

Wallathee qaddara fahada

And who destined and [then] guided
4

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ

Wallathee akhraja almarAAa

And who brings out the pasture
5

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ

FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

And [then] makes it black stubble.
6

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ

Sanuqri-oka fala tansa

We will make you recite, [O Muḥammad], and you will not forget,
7

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ

Illa ma shaa Allahuinnahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa

Except what Allāh should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.
8

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

And We will ease you toward ease.1
9

فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

Fathakkir in nafaAAati aththikra

So remind, if the reminder should benefit;1
10

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ

Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

He who fears [Allāh] will be reminded.
11

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى

Wayatajannabuha al-ashqa

But the wretched one will avoid it
12

ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

Allathee yasla annaraalkubra

[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
13

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ

Thumma la yamootu feeha walayahya

Neither dying therein nor living.
14

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

Qad aflaha man tazakka

He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
15

وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ

Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
16

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

Bal tu/thiroona alhayata addunya

But you prefer the worldly life,
17

وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ

Wal-akhiratu khayrun waabqa

While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
18

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

Inna hatha lafee assuhufial-oola

Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
19

صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa

The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
Translation: Sahih International