Surah 87 · Makkah · 19 verses

Al-A'laa

The Most High

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

  1. 87:1

    سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى

    Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High

  2. 87:2

    الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

    Who created and proportioned

  3. 87:3

    وَالَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

    And who destined and [then] guided

  4. 87:4

    وَالَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعَىٰ

    And who brings out the pasture

  5. 87:5

    فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَاءً أَحْوَىٰ

    And [then] makes it black stubble

  6. 87:6

    سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنْسَىٰ

    We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget

  7. 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

  8. 87:8

    وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

    And We will ease you toward ease

  9. 87:9

    فَذَكِّرْ إِنْ نَفَعَتِ الذِّكْرَىٰ

    So remind, if the reminder should benefit

  10. 87:10

    سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَنْ يَخْشَىٰ

    He who fears [Allah] will be reminded

  11. 87:11

    وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى

    But the wretched one will avoid it

  12. 87:12

    الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرَىٰ

    [He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire

  13. 87:13

    ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ

    Neither dying therein nor living

  14. 87:14

    قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ تَزَكَّىٰ

    He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

  15. 87:15

    وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ

    And mentions the name of his Lord and prays

  16. 87:16

    بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

    But you prefer the worldly life

  17. 87:17

    وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ

    While the Hereafter is better and more enduring

  18. 87:18

    إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَىٰ

    Indeed, this is in the former scriptures

  19. 87:19

    صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

    The scriptures of Abraham and Moses

English translation: Saheeh International.