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الأعلى

The Most High19 verses • meccan

Ayah 1Verse 1

سَبِّحِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡأَعۡلَى

Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High

Ayah 2Verse 2

ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

Who created and proportioned

Ayah 3Verse 3

وَٱلَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

And who destined and [then] guided

Ayah 4Verse 4

وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَخۡرَجَ ٱلۡمَرۡعَىٰ

And who brings out the pasture

Ayah 5Verse 5

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحۡوَىٰ

And [then] makes it black stubble

Ayah 6Verse 6

سَنُقۡرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ

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

Ayah 7Verse 7

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡجَهۡرَ وَمَا يَخۡفَىٰ

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

Ayah 8Verse 8

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلۡيُسۡرَىٰ

And We will ease you toward ease

Ayah 9Verse 9

فَذَكِّرۡ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ

So remind, if the reminder should benefit

Ayah 10Verse 10

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰ

He who fears [Allah] will be reminded

Ayah 11Verse 11

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى

But the wretched one will avoid it

Ayah 12Verse 12

ٱلَّذِي يَصۡلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ

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

Ayah 13Verse 13

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحۡيَىٰ

Neither dying therein nor living

Ayah 14Verse 14

قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

Ayah 15Verse 15

وَذَكَرَ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ

And mentions the name of his Lord and prays

Ayah 16Verse 16

بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا

But you prefer the worldly life

Ayah 17Verse 17

وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرٞ وَأَبۡقَىٰٓ

While the Hereafter is better and more enduring

Ayah 18Verse 18

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ

Indeed, this is in the former scriptures

Ayah 19Verse 19

صُحُفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

The scriptures of Abraham and Moses