Al-A'la

The Most High

Surah 87 · Meccan · 19 ayahs

الأعلى

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. سَبِّحِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡأَعۡلَى ١

    Sabbiḥisma rabbikal-aʿlā.

    Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

  2. ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ٢

    Al-ladhī khalaqa fasawwā.

    Who created and proportioned

  3. وَٱلَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ ٣

    Wal-ladhī qaddara fahadā.

    And who destined and [then] guided

  4. وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَخۡرَجَ ٱلۡمَرۡعَىٰ ٤

    Wal-ladhī akhrajal-marʿā.

    And who brings out the pasture

  5. فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحۡوَىٰ ٥

    Fajaʿalahū ghuthāʾan aḥwā.

    And [then] makes it black stubble.

  6. سَنُقۡرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ ٦

    Sanuqriʾuka falā tansā.

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

  7. إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡجَهۡرَ وَمَا يَخۡفَىٰ ٧

    Illā mā shāʾallāh, innahū yaʿlamul-jahra wa mā yakhfā.

    Except what Allāh should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.

  8. وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلۡيُسۡرَىٰ ٨

    Wa nuyassiruka lil-yusrā.

    And We will ease you toward ease.1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. To the path of Allāh's religion, which is easy and natural, or toward Paradise, by giving opportunities for righteous deeds.
  9. فَذَكِّرۡ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ ٩

    Fadhakkir in nafaʿatidh-dhikrā.

    So remind, if the reminder should benefit;1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., wherever it will be heard and understood.
  10. سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰ ١٠

    Sayadhdhakkaru may yakhshā.

    He who fears [Allāh] will be reminded.

  11. وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى ١١

    Wa yatajannabuhal-ashqā.

    But the wretched one will avoid it –

  12. ٱلَّذِي يَصۡلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ١٢

    Al-ladhī yaṣlan-nāral-kubrā.

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

  13. ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحۡيَىٰ ١٣

    Thumma lā yamūtu fīhā wa lā yaḥyā.

    Neither dying therein nor living.

  14. قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٤

    Qad aflaḥa man tazakkā.

    He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

  15. وَذَكَرَ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ ١٥

    Wa dhakarasma rabbihī faṣallā.

    And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

  16. بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ١٦

    Bal tuʾthirūnal-ḥayātad-dunyā.

    But you prefer the worldly life,

  17. وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرٞ وَأَبۡقَىٰٓ ١٧

    Wal-ākhiratu khayruw wa abqā.

    While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

  18. إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ ١٨

    Inna hādhā lafiṣ-ṣuḥufil-ūlā.

    Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

  19. صُحُفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ ١٩

    Ṣuḥufi ibrāhīma wa mūsā.

    The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.