Al-A'la

Basmala, before verse 1: بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. Verse 1:

   سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى1

   Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

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2. Verse 2:

   ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ2

   Who created and proportioned

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3. Verse 3:

   وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ3

   And who destined and [then] guided

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4. Verse 4:

   وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ4

   And who brings out the pasture

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5. Verse 5:

   فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ5

   And [then] makes it black stubble.

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6. Verse 6:

   سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ6

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

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7. Verse 7:

   إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ7

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

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8. Verse 8:

   وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ8

   And We will ease you toward ease.^{note 1907}

   Notes, Verse 8

   [1907] To the path of Allāh's religion, which is easy and natural, or toward Paradise, by giving opportunities for righteous deeds.

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9. Verse 9:

   فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ9

   So remind, if the reminder should benefit;^{note 1908}

   Notes, Verse 9

   [1908] i.e., wherever it will be heard and understood.

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10. Verse 10:

    سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ10

    He who fears [Allāh] will be reminded.

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11. Verse 11:

    وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى11

    But the wretched one will avoid it –

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12. Verse 12:

    ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ12

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

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13. Verse 13:

    ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ13

    Neither dying therein nor living.

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14. Verse 14:

    قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ14

    He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

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15. Verse 15:

    وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ15

    And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

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    Verse 16:

    بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا16

    But you prefer the worldly life,

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17. Verse 17:

    وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ17

    While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

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18. Verse 18:

    إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ18

    Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

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19. Verse 19:

    صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ19

    The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

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