Surah Al-A'laa: Arabic, Transliteration and Translation

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى﴿1﴾

   Sabbihisma Rabbikal A'laa

   1.Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

2. ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ﴿2﴾

   Allazee khalaqa fasawwaa

   2.Who created and proportioned

3. وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ﴿3﴾

   Wallazee qaddara fahadaa

   3.And who destined and [then] guided

4. وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ﴿4﴾

   Wallazeee akhrajal mar'aa

   4.And who brings out the pasture

5. فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ﴿5﴾

   Faja'alahoo ghusaaa'an ahwaa

   5.And [then] makes it black stubble.

6. سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ﴿6﴾

   Sanuqri'uka falaa tansaaa

   6.We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,

7. إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ﴿7﴾

   Illaa maa shaaa'al laah; innahoo ya'lamul jahra wa maa yakhfaa

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

8. وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ﴿8﴾

   Wa nu-yassiruka lilyusraa

   8.And We will ease you toward ease.

9. فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ﴿9﴾

   Fazakkir in nafa'atizzikraa

   9.So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

10. سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ﴿10﴾

    Sa yazzakkaru maiyakhshaa

    10.He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.

11. وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى﴿11﴾

    Wa yatajannabuhal ashqaa

    11.But the wretched one will avoid it -

12. ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ﴿12﴾

    Allazee yaslan Naaral kubraa

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

13. ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ﴿13﴾

    Summa laa yamootu feehaa wa laa yahyaa

    13.Neither dying therein nor living.

14. قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ﴿14﴾

    Qad aflaha man tazakkaa

    14.He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

15. وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ﴿15﴾

    Wa zakaras ma Rabbihee fasallaa

    15.And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

16. بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا﴿16﴾

    Bal tu'siroonal hayaatad dunyaa

    16.But you prefer the worldly life,

17. وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ﴿17﴾

    Wal Aakhiratu khairunw wa abqaa

    17.While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

18. إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ﴿18﴾

    Inna haazaa lafis suhu fil oolaa

    18.Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

19. صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ﴿19﴾

    Suhufi Ibraaheema wa Moosaa

    19.The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.