87
Al-Ala
The Most High
الأعلى
Meccan
19 Verses
Revelation: #8
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
87:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى ﴿١﴾
Sabbihisma Rabbikal A'laa
Sahih International
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
87:2
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ﴿٢﴾
Allazee khalaqa fasawwaa
Sahih International
Who created and proportioned
87:3
وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ ﴿٣﴾
Wallazee qaddara fahadaa
Sahih International
And who destined and [then] guided
87:4
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ ﴿٤﴾
Wallazeee akhrajal mar'aa
Sahih International
And who brings out the pasture
87:5
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ ﴿٥﴾
Faja'alahoo ghusaaa'an ahwaa
Sahih International
And [then] makes it black stubble.
87:6
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ ﴿٦﴾
Sanuqri'uka falaa tansaaa
Sahih International
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
87:7
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ ﴿٧﴾
Illaa maa shaaa'al laah; innahoo ya'lamul jahra wa maa yakhfaa
Sahih International
Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.
87:8
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ ﴿٨﴾
Wa nu-yassiruka lilyusraa
Sahih International
And We will ease you toward ease.
87:9
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ ﴿٩﴾
Fazakkir in nafa'atizzikraa
Sahih International
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
87:10
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ ﴿١٠﴾
Sa yazzakkaru maiyakhshaa
Sahih International
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
87:11
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى ﴿١١﴾
Wa yatajannabuhal ashqaa
Sahih International
But the wretched one will avoid it -
87:12
ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ﴿١٢﴾
Allazee yaslan Naaral kubraa
Sahih International
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
87:13
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ ﴿١٣﴾
Summa laa yamootu feehaa wa laa yahyaa
Sahih International
Neither dying therein nor living.
87:14
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ ﴿١٤﴾
Qad aflaha man tazakkaa
Sahih International
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
87:15
وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ ﴿١٥﴾
Wa zakaras ma Rabbihee fasallaa
Sahih International
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
87:16
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ﴿١٦﴾
Bal tu'siroonal hayaatad dunyaa
Sahih International
But you prefer the worldly life,
87:17
وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ ﴿١٧﴾
Wal Aakhiratu khairunw wa abqaa
Sahih International
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
87:18
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ﴿١٨﴾
Inna haazaa lafis suhu fil oolaa
Sahih International
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
87:19
صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ ﴿١٩﴾
Suhufi Ibraaheema wa Moosaa
Sahih International
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.