سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى ١
sabbiḥi is'ma rabbika l-aʿlā
1. Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Surah Al-A’la transliteration
سورة الأعلى
Here is Surah Al-A’la (“The Most High”) in transliteration: each of its 19 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.
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Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ٢
alladhī khalaqa fasawwā
2. Who created and proportioned
وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ ٣
wa-alladhī qaddara fahadā
3. And who destined and [then] guided
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ ٤
wa-alladhī akhraja l-marʿā
4. And who brings out the pasture
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ ٥
fajaʿalahu ghuthāan aḥwā
5. And [then] makes it black stubble.
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ ٦
sanuq'ri-uka falā tansā
6. We will make you recite, [O Muḥammad], and you will not forget,
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ ٧
illā mā shāa l-lahu innahu yaʿlamu l-jahra wamā yakhfā
7. Except what Allāh should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ ٨
wanuyassiruka lil'yus'rā
8. And We will ease you toward ease.1907
Notes
[1907] To the path of Allāh's religion, which is easy and natural, or toward Paradise, by giving opportunities for righteous deeds.
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ ٩
fadhakkir in nafaʿati l-dhik'rā
9. So remind, if the reminder should benefit;1908
Notes
[1908] i.e., wherever it will be heard and understood.
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ ١٠
sayadhakkaru man yakhshā
10. He who fears [Allāh] will be reminded.
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى ١١
wayatajannabuhā l-ashqā
11. But the wretched one will avoid it –
ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ١٢
alladhī yaṣlā l-nāra l-kub'rā
12. [He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ ١٣
thumma lā yamūtu fīhā walā yaḥyā
13. Neither dying therein nor living.
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٤
qad aflaḥa man tazakkā
14. He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ ١٥
wadhakara is'ma rabbihi faṣallā
15. And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ١٦
bal tu'thirūna l-ḥayata l-dun'yā
16. But you prefer the worldly life,
وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ ١٧
wal-ākhiratu khayrun wa-abqā
17. While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ١٨
inna hādhā lafī l-ṣuḥufi l-ūlā
18. Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ ١٩
ṣuḥufi ib'rāhīma wamūsā
19. The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
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