AL-ALA (THE MOST HIGH, GLORY TO YOUR LORD IN THE HIGHEST)
Total Verses: 19 Revealed At: MAKKA
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In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
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Y: Glorify the name of thy Guardian-Lord Most High,
P: Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,
S: Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
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Y: Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;
P: Who createth, then disposeth;
S: Who creates, then makes complete,
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Y: Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
P: Who measureth, then guideth;
S: And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to
their goal),
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Y: And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
P: Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
S: And Who brings forth herbage,
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Y: And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
P: Then turneth it to russet stubble.
S: Then makes it dried up, dust-colored.
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Y: By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou
shalt not forget,
P: We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget
S: We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
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Y: Except as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is
hidden.
P: Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that
which still is hidden;
S: Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is
hidden.
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Y: And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).
P: And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.
S: And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
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Y: Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the
hearer).
P: Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
S: Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
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Y: The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):
P: He will heed who feareth,
S: He who fears will mind,
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Y: But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
P: But the most hapless will flout it,
S: And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
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Y: Who will enter the Great Fire,
P: He who will be flung to the great Fire
S: Who shall enter the great fire;
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Y: In which they will then neither die nor live.
P: Wherein he will neither die nor live.
S: Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
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Y: But those will prosper who purify themselves,
P: He is successful who groweth,
S: He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself,
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Y: And glorify the name of their Guardian-Lord, and (lift their hearts)
in prayer.
P: And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
S: And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
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Y: Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
P: But ye prefer the life of the world
S: Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
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Y: But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
P: Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
S: While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
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Y: And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation),-
P: Lo! This is in the former scrolls.
S: Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
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Y: The Books of Abraham and Moses.
P: The Books of Abraham and Moses.
S: The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
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