Al-A'la

سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى

Sabbiḥis ma Rabbikal ʹAʻlaa,

Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

ʹAllaẓee khalaq̣a fasawwaa;

Who created and proportioned

وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

Wallaẓee q̣addara fahadaa;

And who destined and [then] guided

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ

Wallaẓeee ʹakhrajal marʻaa,

And who brings out the pasture

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ

Fajaʻalahoo g̣us̤aaaʹan ʹaḥwaa.

And [then] makes it black stubble.

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ

Sanuq̣riʹuka falaa tañsaa,

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

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ

ʹIllaa maa- shaaaʹal laah: ʹinna-Hoo yaʻlamul jahra wa-maa yakhfaa.

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

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

Wa-nu-yassiruka lil-Yusraa,

And We will ease you toward ease.

فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

Faẓakkir ʹin nafaʻatiẓ ẓikraa.

So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ

Sayaẓẓakkaru mañy yakhshaa:

He who fears [Allāh] will be reminded.

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى

Wa-yatajannabuhal ʹashq̣aa,

But the wretched one will avoid it –

ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

ʹAllaẓee yaṣlan Naaral kubraa,

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

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ

S̤umma laa- yamootu feehaa wa-laa yaḥyaa.

Neither dying therein nor living.

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

Q̣ad ʹaflaḥa mañ tazakkaa.

He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ

Wa-ẓakaras ma Rabbihee faṣallaa.

And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

Bal tuʹs̤iroonal ḥayaatad dunyaa;

But you prefer the worldly life,

وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ

Wal-ʹAakhiratu khayruñw waʹabq̣aa.

While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

ʹInna haaẓaa lafiṣ Ṣuḥufil ʹoolaa,―

Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

Ṣuḥufi ʹIbraaheema wa-Moosaa.

The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.