The All High (Al-A'alaa)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ EXTOL the limitless glory of thy Sustainer's name: [the glory of] the Al-Highest, 1 Who hath created and then proportioned, 2 Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance; 3 Who brought forth the pasture, 4 And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble. 5 We shall make you recite so that you will not forget, 6 Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden. 7 We shall ease thee unto the Easing. 8 So remind them if reminder is profitable: 9 Those who fear will understand. 10 And the most unfortunate one will avoid it, 11 and suffer the heat of the great fire 12 wherein he will neither die nor remain alive. 13 Prosperous is he who has cleansed himself, 14 And who remembereth the name of his Lord, and then prayeth. 15 Nay, you prefer the life of this world; 16 While the hereafter is better and more lasting. 17 This is what is written in the ancient heavenly Books, 18 the scriptures of Abraham and Moses. 19