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

1 The Most High

سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى

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PRAISE the name of thy Lord THE MOST HIGH

Sabbihi isma rabbika al-aAAla

الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

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Who hath created and balanced all things

Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

وَالَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

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Who hath fixed their destinies and guideth them

Waallathee qaddara fahada

وَالَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعَىٰ

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Who bringeth forth the pasture

Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَاءً أَحْوَىٰ

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And reduceth it to dusky stubble

FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰ

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We will teach thee to recite the Koran, nor aught shalt thou forget

Sanuqri-oka fala tansa

إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ

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Save what God pleaseth; for he knoweth alike things manifest and hidden

Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

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And we will make easy to thee our easy ways

Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ الذِّكْرَىٰ

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Warn, therefore, for the warning is profitable

Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ

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He that feareth God will receive the warning,

Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى

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And the most reprobate only will turn aside from it

Wayatajannabuha al-ashqa

الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرَىٰ

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Who shall be exposed to the terrible fire

Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ

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In which he shall not die, and shall not live

Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

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Happy he who is purified by Islam

Qad aflaha man tazakka

وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ

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And who remembereth the name of his Lord and prayeth

Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

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But ye prefer this present life

Bal tu/thiroona alhayata alddunya

وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ

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Though the life to come is better and more enduring

Waal-akhiratu khayrun waabqa

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَىٰ

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This truly is in the Books of old

Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi al-oola

صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

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The Books of Abraham and Moses

Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa

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