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Surah 87 · Meccan · 19 verses

سُورَةُ الأَعۡلَىا

Al-A'laa
The Most High
87:1
Arabic
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى
English
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
87:2
Arabic
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
English
Who created and proportioned
87:3
Arabic
وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
English
And who destined and [then] guided
87:4
Arabic
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ
English
And who brings out the pasture
87:5
Arabic
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ
English
And [then] makes it black stubble.
87:6
Arabic
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ
English
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
87:7
Arabic
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
English
Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.
87:8
Arabic
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
English
And We will ease you toward ease.
87:9
Arabic
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
English
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
87:10
Arabic
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
English
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
87:11
Arabic
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى
English
But the wretched one will avoid it -
87:12
Arabic
ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
English
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
87:13
Arabic
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
English
Neither dying therein nor living.
87:14
Arabic
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
English
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
87:15
Arabic
وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
English
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
87:16
Arabic
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
English
But you prefer the worldly life,
87:17
Arabic
وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ
English
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
87:18
Arabic
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
English
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
87:19
Arabic
صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ
English
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.