Surah Al-'A`lá (The Most High) in English

1. بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا

   16

   But you prefer the life of this world,

   bal tuʾthirūna l-ḥayāta d-dunyā

2. والآخرة خير وأبقى

   17

   while the Hereafter is better and more lasting.’

   wa-l-ʾākhiratu khayrun wa-ʾabqā

3. إن هذا لفي الصحف الأولى

   18

   This is indeed in the former scriptures,

   ʾinna hādhā la-fī ṣ-ṣuḥufi l-ʾūlā

4. صحف إبراهيم وموسى

   19

   the scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

   ṣuḥufi ʾibrāhīma wa-mūsā