Surah al-Ali

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ (0)

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

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سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّکَ الْأَعْلَى (1)

Glorify the name of thy Guardian-Lord Most High,

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الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّى (2)

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

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وَ الَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَى (3)

Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;

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وَ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعَى (4)

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

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فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَاءً أَحْوَى (5)

And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.

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سَنُقْرِئُکَ فَلاَ تَنْسَى (6)

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

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إِلاَّ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَ مَا يَخْفَى (7)

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

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وَ نُيَسِّرُکَ لِلْيُسْرَى (8)

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

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فَذَکِّرْ إِنْ نَفَعَتِ الذِّکْرَى (9)

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

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سَيَذَّکَّرُ مَنْ يَخْشَى (10)

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

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وَ يَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى (11)

But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,

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الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْکُبْرَى (12)

Who will enter the Great Fire,

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ثُمَّ لاَ يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَ لاَ يَحْيَى (13)

In which they will then neither die nor live.

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قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ تَزَکَّى (14)

But those will prosper who purify themselves,

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وَ ذَکَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّى (15)

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

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بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا (16)

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

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وَ الْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَ أَبْقَى (17)

But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

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إِنَّ هٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَى (18)

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

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صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ مُوسَى (19)

The Books of Abraham and Moses.

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