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Surah 87 · 19 ayat

Al-A'laa

The Most High

الأعلى

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

87:1

سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى

MeaningPraise the name of thy Lord the Most High,

87:2

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

MeaningWho createth, then disposeth;

87:3

وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

MeaningWho measureth, then guideth;

87:4

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ

MeaningWho bringeth forth the pasturage,

87:5

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ

MeaningThen turneth it to russet stubble.

87:6

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ

MeaningWe shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget

87:7

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ

MeaningSave that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;

87:8

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

MeaningAnd We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.

87:9

فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

MeaningTherefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.

87:10

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ

MeaningHe will heed who feareth,

87:11

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى

MeaningBut the most hapless will flout it,

87:12

ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

MeaningHe who will be flung to the great Fire

87:13

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ

MeaningWherein he will neither die nor live.

87:14

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

MeaningHe is successful who groweth,

87:15

وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ

MeaningAnd remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,

87:16

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

MeaningBut ye prefer the life of the world

87:17

وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ

MeaningAlthough the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

87:18

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

MeaningLo! This is in the former scrolls.

87:19

صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

MeaningThe Books of Abraham and Moses.

Sources & credits

Arabic source: Tanzil Quran Text 1.1. Verbatim Uthmani source text, used under CC BY 3.0. Check Tanzil for source updates.

Default English meaning: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930). The translation is presented separately from the Qur’an Arabic.

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