Surah Al-A'la الأعلى

The Most High · Chapter 87 · 19 verses · Meccan

Translation: Saheeh International

1. سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى

   87:1 Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

2. ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

   87:2 Who created and proportioned

3. وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

   87:3 And who destined and [then] guided

4. وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ

   87:4 And who brings out the pasture

5. فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ

   87:5 And [then] makes it black stubble.

6. سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ

   87:6 We will make you recite, [O Muḥammad], and you will not forget,

7. إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ

   87:7 Except what Allāh should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.

8. وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

   87:8 And We will ease you toward ease.

9. فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

   87:9 So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

10. سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ

    87:10 He who fears [Allāh] will be reminded.

11. وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى

    87:11 But the wretched one will avoid it

12. ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

    87:12 [He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,

13. ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ

    87:13 Neither dying therein nor living.

14. قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

    87:14 He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

15. وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ

    87:15 And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

16. بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

    87:16 But you prefer the worldly life,

17. وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ

    87:17 While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

18. إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

    87:18 Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

19. صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

    87:19 The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.