Surah Al-A'laالأعلى
The Most High · 19 verses · Meccan
Al-A'la (الأعلى): full text and translation
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سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى ﴿١﴾
87:1 Glorify the name Of' thy Guardian-Lord Most High,
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ﴿٢﴾
87:2 Who hath created, And further, given Order and proportion;
وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ ﴿٣﴾
87:3 Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ ﴿٤﴾
87:4 And Who bringeth out The (green and luscious) pasture,
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ ﴿٥﴾
87:5 And then doth make it (But) swarthy stubble.
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ ﴿٦﴾
87:6 By degrees shall We Teach thee to declare (The Message), so thou Shalt not forget,
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ ﴿٧﴾
87:7 Except as God wills: For He knoweth What is manifest And what is hidden.
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ ﴿٨﴾
87:8 And We will make it Easy for thee (to follow) The simple (Path).
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ ﴿٩﴾
87:9 Therefore give admonition In case the admonition Profits (the hearer).
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ ﴿١٠﴾
87:10 The admonition will be received By those who fear (God):
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى ﴿١١﴾
87:11 But it will be avoided By those most unfortunate ones,
ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ﴿١٢﴾
87:12 Who will enter The Great Fire,
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ ﴿١٣﴾
87:13 In which they will then Neither die nor live.
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ ﴿١٤﴾
87:14 But those will prosper Who purify themselves,
وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ ﴿١٥﴾
87:15 And glorify the name Of their Guardian-Lord, And (lift their hearts) In Prayer.
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ﴿١٦﴾
87:16 Nay (behold), ye prefer The life of this world;
وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ ﴿١٧﴾
87:17 But the Hereafter Is better and more enduring.
إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ﴿١٨﴾
87:18 And this is In the Books Of the earliest (Revelations),—
صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ ﴿١٩﴾
87:19 The Books of Abraham and Moses.