Surah 87 · Makkah · 19 verses
Al-A'laa
The Most High
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
- 87:1
سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High
- 87:2
الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Who created and proportioned
- 87:3
وَالَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
And who destined and [then] guided
- 87:4
وَالَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعَىٰ
And who brings out the pasture
- 87:5
فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَاءً أَحْوَىٰ
And [then] makes it black stubble
- 87:6
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنْسَىٰ
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget
- 87:7
إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden
- 87:8
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
And We will ease you toward ease
- 87:9
فَذَكِّرْ إِنْ نَفَعَتِ الذِّكْرَىٰ
So remind, if the reminder should benefit
- 87:10
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَنْ يَخْشَىٰ
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded
- 87:11
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى
But the wretched one will avoid it
- 87:12
الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرَىٰ
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire
- 87:13
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
Neither dying therein nor living
- 87:14
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ تَزَكَّىٰ
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
- 87:15
وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays
- 87:16
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
But you prefer the worldly life
- 87:17
وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring
- 87:18
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَىٰ
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures
- 87:19
صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses
English translation: Saheeh International.
