Surah 87. Al-A'laa — The Most High
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The English text of surah 87 (Al-A'laa, “The Most High”), 19 verses, from the public-domain translation The Holy Qur'an by Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1934), shown next to the Arabic original. Read this surah interactively.
Glorify the name of thy Guardian-Lord Most High,
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى
Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;
وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ
And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ
By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt not forget,
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ
Except as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden.
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى
Who will enter the Great Fire,
ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
In which they will then neither die nor live.
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
But those will prosper who purify themselves,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And glorify the name of their Guardian-Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.
وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ
And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation),-
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ