AL AA’LA (THE SUPREME)
(Revealed at Mecca – contains 19 verses – 1 section)
Allah – beginning with the name of – the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
| AYAT | TRANSLATION |
|---|---|
| 1 | سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى |
| Proclaim the Purity of your Lord, the Supreme. | |
| 2 | الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ |
| The One Who created, and then made proper. | |
| 3 | وَالَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ |
| And the One Who kept proper measure and then guided. | |
| 4 | وَالَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعَىٰ |
| The One Who produced pasture. | |
| 5 | فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَاءً أَحْوَىٰ |
| Then made it dry and dark. | |
| 6 | سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰ |
| We shall now make you read (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him), so you will not forget. | |
| 7 | إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ |
| Except what Allah wills; indeed He knows all the evident and all the concealed. | |
| 8 | وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ |
| And We shall create the means of ease for you. | |
| 9 | فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ الذِّكْرَىٰ |
| Therefore advise, if advising is beneficial. | |
| 10 | سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ |
| Soon whoever fears will heed advice. | |
| 11 | وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى |
| And the most wicked will stay away from it. | |
| 12 | الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرَىٰ |
| The one who will enter the biggest fire. | |
| 13 | ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ |
| Then he neither dies in it, nor lives. | |
| 14 | قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ |
| Indeed successful is the one who became pure. | |
| 15 | وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ |
| And who mentioned the name of his Lord, then offered prayer. | |
| 16 | بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا |
| But rather you prefer the life of this world! | |
| 17 | وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ |
| Whereas the Hereafter is better and everlasting. | |
| 18 | إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَىٰ |
| Indeed this is in the former scriptures. | |
| 19 | صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ |
| In the Books of Ibrahim and Moosa. | |