Al-A'laa

Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla

Sabbiĥi Asma Rabbika Al-'A`lá

Celebrate the Name of your Lord, the Most Exalted

Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

Al-Ladhī Khalaqa Fasawwá

who created and proportioned

Waallathee qaddara fahada

Wa Al-Ladhī Qaddara Fahadá

who determined and guided

Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

Wa Al-Ladhī 'Akhraja Al-Mar`á

who brought forth the pasture

FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

Faja`alahu Ghuthā'an 'Aĥwá

and then turned it into a black scum

Sanuqrioka fala tansa

Sanuqri'uka Falā Tansá

We shall have you recite [the Quran], then you will not forget [any of it]

Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa

Illā Mā Shā'a Allāhu 'Innahu Ya`lamu Al-Jahra Wa Mā Yakhfá

except what Allah may wish. Indeed, He knows the open and what is hidden

Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

Wa Nuyassiruka Lilyusrá

And We shall ease you into facility

Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

Fadhakkir 'In Nafa`ati Adh-Dhikrá

So admonish, for admonition is indeed beneficial

Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

Sayadhakkaru Man Yakhshá

he who fears [God] will take admonition

Wayatajannabuha alashqa

Wa Yatajannabuhā Al-'Ashqá

and the most wretched will shun it

Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

Al-Ladhī Yaşlá An-Nāra Al-Kubrá

—he who will enter the Great Fire

Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

Thumma Lā Yamūtu Fīhā Wa Lā Yaĥyā

then he will neither live in it, nor die

Qad aflaha man tazakka

Qad 'Aflaĥa Man Tazakká

‘Felicitous is he who purifies himself

Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

Wa Dhakara Asma Rabbihi Faşallá

celebrates the Name of his Lord, and prays

Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya

Bal Tu'uthirūna Al-Ĥayāata Ad-Dunyā

But you prefer the life of this world

Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa

Wa Al-'Ākhiratu Khayrun Wa 'Abqá

while the Hereafter is better and more lasting.’

Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola

Inna Hādhā Lafī Aş-Şuĥufi Al-'Ūlá

This is indeed in the former scriptures

Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa

Şuĥufi 'Ibrāhīma Wa Mūsá

the scriptures of Abraham and Moses