The Most High, Glory to your Lord in the Highest — Muhammad Asad Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Most High

سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى

EXTOL the limitless glory of thy Sustainer's name: [the glory of] the Al-Highest

Sabbihi isma rabbika al-aAAla

الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

who creates [every thing], and thereupon forms it in accordance with what it is meant to be

Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

وَالَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

and who determines the nature [of all that exists], and thereupon guides it [towards its fulfilment]

Waallathee qaddara fahada

وَالَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعَىٰ

and who brings forth herbage

Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَاءً أَحْوَىٰ

and thereupon causes it to decay into rust-brown stubble

FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰ

WE SHALL teach thee, and thou wilt not forget [aught of what thou art taught]

Sanuqri-oka fala tansa

إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ

save what God may will [thee to forget] - for, verily, He [alone] knows all that is open to [man's] perception as well as all that is hidden [from it]

Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

and [thus] shall We make easy for thee the path towards [ultimate] ease

Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ الذِّكْرَىٰ

REMIND, THEN, [others of the truth, regardless of] whether this reminding [would seem to] be of use [or not]

Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ

in mind will keep it he who stands in awe [of God]

Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى

but aloof from it will remain that most hapless wretch –

Wayatajannabuha al-ashqa

الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرَىٰ

he who [in the life to come] shall have to endure the great fir

Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ

wherein he will neither die nor remain alive

Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

To happiness [in the life to come] will indeed attain he who attains to purity [in this world]

Qad aflaha man tazakka

وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ

and remembers his Sustainer's name, and prays [unto Him]

Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

But nay, [O men,] you prefer the life of this world

Bal tu/thiroona alhayata alddunya

وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ

although the life to come is better and more enduring

Waal-akhiratu khayrun waabqa

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَىٰ

Verily, [all] this has indeed been [said] in the earlier revelations –

Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi al-oola

صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

the revelations of Abraham and Moses

Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa

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