Quran Translation in English Surah Al-Ala

Al-Ala – (The Most High)

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismillah hir rahman nir raheem

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

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سَبِّحِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡأَعۡلَى

Sabbihisma Rabbikal A’laa

Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

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ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

Allazee khalaqa fasawwaa

Who created and proportioned

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وَٱلَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

Wallazee qaddara fahadaa

And who destined and [then] guided

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وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَخۡرَجَ ٱلۡمَرۡعَىٰ

Wallazeee akhrajal mar’aa

And who brings out the pasture

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فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحۡوَىٰ

Faja’alahoo ghusaaa’an ahwaa

And [then] makes it black stubble.

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سَنُقۡرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ

Sanuqri’uka falaa tansaaa

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

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إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡجَهۡرَ وَمَا يَخۡفَىٰ

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

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

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وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلۡيُسۡرَىٰn

Wa nu-yassiruka lilyusraa

And We will ease you toward ease.

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فَذَكِّرۡ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ

Fazakkir in nafa’atizzikraa

So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

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سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰ

Sa yazzakkaru maiyakhshaa

He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.

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وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى

Wa yatajannabuhal ashqaa

But the wretched one will avoid it –

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ٱلَّذِي يَصۡلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ

Allazee yaslan Naaral kubraa

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

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ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحۡيَىٰ

Summa laa yamootu feehaa wa laa yahyaa

Neither dying therein nor living.

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قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

Qad aflaha man tazakkaa

He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

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وَذَكَرَ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ

Wa zakaras ma Rabbihee fasallaa

And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

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بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا

Bal tu’siroonal hayaatad dunyaa

But you prefer the worldly life,

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وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرٞ وَأَبۡقَىٰٓ

Wal Aakhiratu khairunw wa abqaa

While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

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إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ

Inna haazaa lafis suhu fil oolaa

Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

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صُحُفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

Suhufi Ibraaheema wa Moosaa

The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.