Surah 87 • 19 Verses • Meccan
الأعلى
Al-A'la
The Most High
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Verse 1 of 19
سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى﴿1﴾
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Translation: Sahih International
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ﴿2﴾
Who created and proportioned
Translation: Sahih International
وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ﴿3﴾
And who destined and [then] guided
Translation: Sahih International
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ﴿4﴾
And who brings out the pasture
Translation: Sahih International
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ﴿5﴾
And [then] makes it black stubble.
Translation: Sahih International
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ﴿6﴾
We will make you recite, [O Muḥammad], and you will not forget,
Translation: Sahih International
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ﴿7﴾
Except what Allāh should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.
Translation: Sahih International
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ﴿8﴾
And We will ease you toward ease.1
Translation: Sahih International
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ﴿9﴾
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;1
Translation: Sahih International
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ﴿10﴾
He who fears [Allāh] will be reminded.
Translation: Sahih International
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى﴿11﴾
But the wretched one will avoid it
Translation: Sahih International
ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ﴿12﴾
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
Translation: Sahih International
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ﴿13﴾
Neither dying therein nor living.
Translation: Sahih International
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ﴿14﴾
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
Translation: Sahih International
وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ﴿15﴾
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
Translation: Sahih International
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا﴿16﴾
But you prefer the worldly life,
Translation: Sahih International
وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ﴿17﴾
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Translation: Sahih International
إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ﴿18﴾
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
Translation: Sahih International
صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ﴿19﴾
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
Translation: Sahih International