The Most High, Glory to your Lord in the Highest — Arthur John Arberry Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Most High

سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى

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Magnify the Name of thy Lord the Most Hig

Sabbihi isma rabbika al-aAAla

الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

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who created and shaped

Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

وَالَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

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who determined and guided

Waallathee qaddara fahada

وَالَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعَىٰ

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who brought forth the pasturag

Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَاءً أَحْوَىٰ

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then made it a blackening wrack

FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰ

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We shall make thee recite, to forget no

Sanuqri-oka fala tansa

إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ

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save what God wills; surely He knows what is spoken aloud and what is hidden

Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

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We shall ease thee unto the Easing

Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ الذِّكْرَىٰ

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Therefore remind, if the Reminder profits

Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ

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and he who fears shall remember

Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى

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but the most wretched shall flout it

Wayatajannabuha al-ashqa

الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرَىٰ

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even he who shall roast in the Great Fire

Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ

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then he shall neither die therein, nor live

Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

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Prosperous is he who has cleansed himself

Qad aflaha man tazakka

وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ

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and mentions the Name of his Lord, and prays

Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

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Nay, but you prefer the present life

Bal tu/thiroona alhayata alddunya

وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ

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and the world to come is better, and more enduring

Waal-akhiratu khayrun waabqa

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَىٰ

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Surely this is in the ancient scrolls

Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi al-oola

صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

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the scrolls of Abraham and Moses

Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa

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