The All High (Al-A'alaa)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ EXTOL the limitless glory of thy Sustainer's name: [the glory of] the Al-Highest, 1 who created and shaped, 2 and who determines the nature [of all that exists,] and thereupon guides it [towards its fulfilment,] 3 and who brings forth herbage, 4 Then makes it dried up, dust-colored. 5 We shall now make you read (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him), so you will not forget. 6 Except what Allah wills; indeed He knows all the evident and all the concealed. 7 We shall ease you to follow the way of Ease. 8 Wherefore admonish thou; admonition hath surely profited, 9 in mind will keep it he who stands in awe [of God,] 10 But it will be avoided by the wretched, 11 Who shall enter the great fire; 12 where he will neither die nor live. 13 He is successful who groweth, 14 and remembers the Name of his Lord, so he prays. 15 But no, you prefer the life of the world, 16 Whereas the Hereafter is better and everlasting. 17 Verily! This is in the former Scriptures, 18 The scriptures of Abraham and Moses. 19