AL A’LA (The Most High)
In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful
1 Glorify the name of your guardian Lord most high,
2 Who has created and further, given order and proportion;
3 Who has ordained laws, and granted guidance;
4 And who brings out the pasture,
5 And then makes it swarthy stubble.
6 By degrees shall we teach you to declare it so you shall not forget,
7 Except as Allah wills: for he knows what is revealed and what is hidden.
8 And we will make easy for you the simple way.
9 Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits.
10 The admonition will be received by those who fear,
11 But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
12 Who will enter the great fire,
13 In which they will then neither die nor live.
14 But those will prosper who purify themselves,
15 And glorify the name of their guardian Lord in prayer.
16 No, you prefer the life of this world;
17 But the hereafter is better and more enduring.
18 And this is in the ancient scrolls,
19 The scrolls of Ibrahim and Musa.[1]
[1] “Scrolls of Ibrahim and Musa” is probably a synonym for the Taurat. The Taurat was originally written on scrolls, and is ascribed to Prophet Musa (pbuh). However, it also describes the family history of Prophet Ibrahim, and follows the story of his descendants right up to the time of Musa (pbuh). See the Taurat, starting at Genesis 11, verse 26.