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AL-ALA (THE MOST HIGH, GLORY TO YOUR LORD IN THE HIGHEST)

Total Verses: 19
Revealed At: MAKKA

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In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

Bismi Allahi alrrahmani alrraheemi

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Glorify the name of thy Guardian-Lord Most High,

1. Sabbihi isma rabbika al-aAAla

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Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;

2. Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

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Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;

3. Waallathee qaddara fahada

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And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,

4. Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

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And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.

5. FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

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By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt not forget,

6. Sanuqri-oka fala tansa

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Except as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden.

7. Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa

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And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).

8. Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

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Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).

9. Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

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The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):

10. Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

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But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,

11. Wayatajannabuha al-ashqa

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Who will enter the Great Fire,

12. Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

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In which they will then neither die nor live.

13. Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

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But those will prosper who purify themselves,

14. Qad aflaha man tazakka

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And glorify the name of their Guardian-Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.

15. Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

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Day (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;

16. Bal tu/thiroona alhayata alddunya

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 But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

17. Waal-akhiratu khayrun waabqa

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And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation),-

18. Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi al-oola

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The Books of Abraham and Moses.

19. Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa


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