Surah 87 of 114
الأعلى
Al-A'la · The Most High
19 verses · Revealed in Makkah
Present this surahبِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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87:1
سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى ١
Sabbihi isma rabbika al-aAAla
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
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87:2
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ٢
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
Who created and proportioned
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87:3
وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ ٣
Wallathee qaddara fahada
And who destined and [then] guided
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87:4
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ ٤
Wallathee akhraja almarAAa
And who brings out the pasture
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87:5
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ ٥
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
And [then] makes it black stubble.
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87:6
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ ٦
Sanuqri-oka fala tansa
We will make you recite, [O Muḥammad], and you will not forget,
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87:7
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ ٧
Illa ma shaa Allahuinnahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa
Except what Allāh should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.
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87:8
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ ٨
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
And We will ease you toward ease.
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87:9
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ ٩
Fathakkir in nafaAAati aththikra
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
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87:10
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ ١٠
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
He who fears [Allāh] will be reminded.
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87:11
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى ١١
Wayatajannabuha al-ashqa
But the wretched one will avoid it –
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87:12
ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ١٢
Allathee yasla annaraalkubra
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
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87:13
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ ١٣
Thumma la yamootu feeha walayahya
Neither dying therein nor living.
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87:14
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٤
Qad aflaha man tazakka
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
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87:15
وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ ١٥
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
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87:16
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ١٦
Bal tu/thiroona alhayata addunya
But you prefer the worldly life,
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87:17
وَٱلَْٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ ١٧
Wal-akhiratu khayrun waabqa
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
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87:18
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ١٨
Inna hatha lafee assuhufial-oola
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
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87:19
صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ ١٩
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.