Surah Al-A'la (The Most High)

سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى

87:1 Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

87:2 Who created and ˹perfectly˺ fashioned ˹all˺,

وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

87:3 and Who ordained precisely and inspired accordingly,

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ

87:4 and Who brings forth ˹green˺ pasture,

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ

87:5 then reduces it to withered chaff.

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ

87:6 We will have you recite ˹the Quran, O Prophet,˺ so you will not forget ˹any of it˺,

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ

87:7 unless Allah wills otherwise. He surely knows what is open and what is hidden.

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

87:8 We will facilitate for you the Way of Ease.

فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

87:9 So ˹always˺ remind ˹with the Quran˺—˹even˺ if the reminder is beneficial ˹only to some˺.

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ

87:10 Those in awe ˹of Allah˺ will be mindful ˹of it˺.

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى

87:11 But it will be shunned by the most wretched,

ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

87:12 who will burn in the greatest Fire,

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ

87:13 where they will not ˹be able to˺ live or die.

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

87:14 Successful indeed are those who purify themselves,

وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ

87:15 remember the Name of their Lord, and pray.

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

87:16 But you ˹deniers only˺ prefer the life of this world,

وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ

87:17 even though the Hereafter is far better and more lasting.

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

87:18 This is certainly ˹mentioned˺ in the earlier Scriptures—

صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

87:19 the Scriptures of Abraham and Moses.