The Most High

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِیمِ سَبِّحِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡأَعۡلَى

Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

ٱلَّذِی خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

Who created and proportioned

وَٱلَّذِی قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

And who destined and [then] guided

وَٱلَّذِیۤ أَخۡرَجَ ٱلۡمَرۡعَىٰ

And who brings out the pasture

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَاۤءً أَحۡوَىٰ

And [then] makes it black stubble.

سَنُقۡرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰۤ

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

إِلَّا مَا شَاۤءَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ یَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡجَهۡرَ وَمَا یَخۡفَىٰ

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

وَنُیَسِّرُكَ لِلۡیُسۡرَىٰ

And We will ease you toward ease.

فَذَكِّرۡ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ

So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

سَیَذَّكَّرُ مَن یَخۡشَىٰ

He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.

وَیَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى

But the wretched one will avoid it -

ٱلَّذِی یَصۡلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ

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

ثُمَّ لَا یَمُوتُ فِیهَا وَلَا یَحۡیَىٰ

Neither dying therein nor living.

قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

وَذَكَرَ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ

And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُونَ ٱلۡحَیَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡیَا

But you prefer the worldly life,

وَٱلۡـَٔاخِرَةُ خَیۡرࣱ وَأَبۡقَىٰۤ

While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِی ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ

Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

صُحُفِ إِبۡرَ ٰ⁠هِیمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.