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Al-A'la (#87)
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ bismillāhir raḥmānir raḥīm In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.
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سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى sabbiḥis-ma rabbikal-a`lā Celebrate the Name of your Lord, the Most Exalted,
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ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ alladhī khalaqa fasawwā who created and proportioned,
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وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ wal ladhī qaddara fahadā who determined and guided,
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وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ wal ladhī akhrajal mar`ā who brought forth the pasture
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فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ faja`alahu ghuthā-an aḥwā and then turned it into a black scum.
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سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ sanuqri-uka falā tansā We shall have you recite [the Quran], then you will not forget [any of it]
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إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ illā mā shā-allāh ۚ innahu ya`lamul jahra wa mā yakhfā except what Allah may wish. Indeed, He knows the open and what is hidden.
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وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ wanuyassiruka lilyusrā And We shall ease you into facility.
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فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ fadhakkir in nafa`atidh dhikrā So admonish, for admonition is indeed beneficial:
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سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ sayadhhakkaru man yakhshā he who fears [God] will take admonition,
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وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى wayatajannabuhal-ashqā and the most wretched will shun it
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ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ alladhī yaṣlan nāral kubrā —he who will enter the Great Fire,
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ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ thumma lā yamūtu fīhā walā yaḥyā then he will neither live in it, nor die.
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قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ qad aflaḥa man tazakkā ‘Felicitous is he who purifies himself,
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وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ wadhakaras-ma rabbihi faṣallā celebrates the Name of his Lord, and prays.
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بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا bal tu-thirūnal ḥayātad dunyā But you prefer the life of this world,
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وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ wal-ākhiratu khayrun wa-abqā while the Hereafter is better and more lasting.’
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إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ inna hādhā lafiṣ ṣuḥufil-ūlā This is indeed in the former scriptures,
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صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ ṣuḥufi ibrāhīma wa mūsā the scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
