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