Surah Al-Ala - English Translation by Ali Quli Qarai

سَبِّحِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡأَعۡلَى

Celebrate the Name of your Lord, the Most Exalted
Surah Al-Ala, Verse 1

ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

who created and proportioned
Surah Al-Ala, Verse 2

وَٱلَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

who determined and guided
Surah Al-Ala, Verse 3

وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَخۡرَجَ ٱلۡمَرۡعَىٰ

who brought forth the pasture
Surah Al-Ala, Verse 4

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحۡوَىٰ

then turned it into a black scum
Surah Al-Ala, Verse 5

سَنُقۡرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ

We shall have you recite [the Qur’an], then you will not forget [any of it]
Surah Al-Ala, Verse 6

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡجَهۡرَ وَمَا يَخۡفَىٰ

except what Allah may wish. Indeed He knows the overt and what is hidden
Surah Al-Ala, Verse 7

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلۡيُسۡرَىٰ

We shall smooth your way to [preach] the easiest [canon]
Surah Al-Ala, Verse 8

فَذَكِّرۡ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ

So admonish, for admonition is indeed beneficial
Surah Al-Ala, Verse 9

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰ

he who fears will take admonition
Surah Al-Ala, Verse 10

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى

and the most wretched will shun it
Surah Al-Ala, Verse 11

ٱلَّذِي يَصۡلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ

—he who will enter the Great Fire
Surah Al-Ala, Verse 12

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحۡيَىٰ

then neither live in it, nor die
Surah Al-Ala, Verse 13

قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

Felicitous is he who purifies himself
Surah Al-Ala, Verse 14

وَذَكَرَ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ

celebrates the Name of his Lord, and prays
Surah Al-Ala, Verse 15

بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا

Rather you prefer the life of this world
Surah Al-Ala, Verse 16

وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرٞ وَأَبۡقَىٰٓ

while the Hereafter is better and more lasting
Surah Al-Ala, Verse 17

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ

This is indeed in the former scriptures
Surah Al-Ala, Verse 18

صُحُفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

the scriptures of Abraham and Moses
Surah Al-Ala, Verse 19

Author: Ali Quli Qarai