Surah 87 · Meccan · 19 ayahs
الأعلىAl-A'la
The Most High
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
- 87:1
سَبِّحِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡأَعۡلَى
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High
- 87:2
ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Who created and proportioned
- 87:3
وَٱلَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
And who destined and [then] guided
- 87:4
وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَخۡرَجَ ٱلۡمَرۡعَىٰ
And who brings out the pasture
- 87:5
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحۡوَىٰ
And [then] makes it black stubble
- 87:6
سَنُقۡرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget
- 87:7
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡجَهۡرَ وَمَا يَخۡفَىٰ
Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden
- 87:8
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلۡيُسۡرَىٰ
And We will ease you toward ease
- 87:9
فَذَكِّرۡ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ
So remind, if the reminder should benefit
- 87:10
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰ
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded
- 87:11
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى
But the wretched one will avoid it
- 87:12
ٱلَّذِي يَصۡلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire
- 87:13
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحۡيَىٰ
Neither dying therein nor living
- 87:14
قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
- 87:15
وَذَكَرَ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays
- 87:16
بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا
But you prefer the worldly life
- 87:17
وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرࣱ وَأَبۡقَىٰٓ
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring
- 87:18
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures
- 87:19
صُحُفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses
Arabic text: The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia. Translations via Tanzil.net and QuranEnc.