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Surah Chapter 87

Al-A'laa

سورة الأعلى

Mecca Revelation
19 Verses

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1

سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى

English Translation

Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High

2

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

English Translation

Who created and ˹perfectly˺ fashioned ˹all˺

3

وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

English Translation

and Who ordained precisely and inspired accordingly

4

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ

English Translation

and Who brings forth ˹green˺ pasture

5

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ

English Translation

then reduces it to withered chaff.

6

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ

English Translation

We will have you recite ˹the Quran, O  Prophet,˺ so you will not forget ˹any of it˺

7

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ

English Translation

unless Allah wills otherwise. He surely knows what is open and what is hidden.

8

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

English Translation

We will facilitate for you the Way of Ease.

9

فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

English Translation

So ˹always˺ remind ˹with the Quran˺—˹even˺ if the reminder is beneficial ˹only to some˺.

10

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ

English Translation

Those in awe ˹of Allah˺ will be mindful ˹of it˺.

11

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى

English Translation

But it will be shunned by the most wretched

12

ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

English Translation

who will burn in the greatest Fire

13

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ

English Translation

where they will not ˹be able to˺ live or die.

14

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

English Translation

Successful indeed are those who purify themselves

15

وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ

English Translation

remember the Name of their Lord, and pray.

16

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

English Translation

But you ˹deniers only˺ prefer the life of this world

17

وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ

English Translation

even though the Hereafter is far better and more lasting.

18

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

English Translation

This is certainly ˹mentioned˺ in the earlier Scriptures—

19

صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

English Translation

the Scriptures of Abraham and Moses.