الأعلى

سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى ١

{ سبح اسم ربك } أي نزه ربك عما لا يليق به و «اسم» زائد { الأعلى } صفة لربك.

Glorify the Name of your Lord, that is, exalt your Lord above what does not befit Him (ism [in isma rabbika, ‘the Name of your Lord’] is extra), the Most High (an adjective qualifying rabbika, ‘your Lord’),

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ٢

{ الذى خلق فسوى } مخلوقه، جعله متناسب الأجزاء غير متفاوت.

Who created and proportioned, His creature, making it of well-proportioned parts, without irregularities,

وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ ٣

{ والذى قدر } ما شاء { فهدى } إلى ما قدره من خير وشر.

and Who determined, what He wants, and guided, to what He had determined of good or evil,

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ ٤

{ والذى أخرج المرعى } أنبت العشب.

and Who brought forth the pasture, [Who] caused herbage to grow,

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ ٥

{ فجعله } بعد الخضرة { غثآء } جافا هشيما { أحوى } أسود يابسا.

then made it, after verdancy, blackened stubble, desiccated broken chaff.

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ ٦

{ سنقرئك } القرآن { فلا تنسى } ما تقرؤه.

We will have you recite, the Qur’ān, so that you will not forget, what you recite,

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ ٧

{ إلا ما شآء الله } أي تنساه بنسخ تلاوته وحكمه. وكان صلى الله عليه وسلم يجهر بالقراءة مع قراءة جبريل خوف النسيان فكأنه قيل له: لا تعجل بها إنك لا تنسى فلا تتعب نفسك بالجهر بها { إنه } تعالى { يعلم الجهر } من القول والفعل { وما يخفى } منهما.

except what God may will, that you forget, by abrogating its recitation and its ruling — the Prophet (s) used to recite aloud while Gabriel recited, fearing to forget, and so it is as though it was said to him, ‘Do not hasten in it; you will not forget and so do not weary yourself by reciting it aloud’; assuredly He, exalted be He, knows what is overt, of words and deeds, and what is hidden, of both of these.

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ ٨

{ ونيسرك لليسرى } للشريعة السهلة وهي الإسلام.

And We will ease your way to the easy way, the uncomplicated Law, namely, Islam.

فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ ٩

{ فذكر } عظ بالقرآن { إن نفعت الذكرى } من تذكره المذكور في.

So remind, admonish by the Qur’ān, in case the reminder should be of benefit, to the one whom you might remind, the one mentioned in [the following verse] ‘he [who fears] will be reminded’, in other words, even if it might not be of benefit, for it is of benefit to some but of no benefit to others.

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ ١٠

{ سيذكر } بها { من يخشى } يخاف الله تعالى كآية

فذكر بالقرءان من يخاف وعيد

[45:50].

He who fears, God, exalted be He, will be reminded, by it, as in the verse: So admonish by the Qur’ān him who fears My threat [Q. 50:45];

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى ١١

{ ويتجنبها } أي الذكرى أي يتركها جانبا لا يلتفت إليها { الأشقى } بمعنى الشقي أي الكافر.

but the wretched one (al-ashqā means al-shaqī), that is to say, the disbeliever, will shun it, that is, the reminder, in other words, he will leave it aside, not looking at it,

ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ١٢

{ الذى يصلى النار الكبرى } هي نار الآخرة، والصغرى نار الدنيا.

he who will be roasted in the greater Fire, the Fire of the Hereafter, the lesser fire being that of this world;