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87. Al-A'laa

الأَعۡلَىٰ · The Most High · 19 ayat · Meccan

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Al-A'laa 87:1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى1

Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

Sabbihisma Rabbikal A'laa

Al-A'laa 87:2

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ2

Who created and proportioned

Allazee khalaqa fasawwaa

Al-A'laa 87:3

وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ3

And who destined and [then] guided

Wallazee qaddara fahadaa

Al-A'laa 87:4

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ4

And who brings out the pasture

Wallazeee akhrajal mar'aa

Al-A'laa 87:5

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ5

And [then] makes it black stubble.

Faja'alahoo ghusaaa'an ahwaa

Al-A'laa 87:6

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ6

We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,

Sanuqri'uka falaa tansaaa

Al-A'laa 87:7

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ7

Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.

Illaa maa shaaa'al laah; innahoo ya'lamul jahra wa maa yakhfaa

Al-A'laa 87:8

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ8

And We will ease you toward ease.

Wa nu-yassiruka lilyusraa

Al-A'laa 87:9

فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ9

So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

Fazakkir in nafa'atizzikraa

Al-A'laa 87:10

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ10

He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.

Sa yazzakkaru maiyakhshaa

Al-A'laa 87:11

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى11

But the wretched one will avoid it -

Wa yatajannabuhal ashqaa

Al-A'laa 87:12

ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ12

[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,

Allazee yaslan Naaral kubraa

Al-A'laa 87:13

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ13

Neither dying therein nor living.

Summa laa yamootu feehaa wa laa yahyaa

Al-A'laa 87:14

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ14

He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

Qad aflaha man tazakkaa

Al-A'laa 87:15

وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ15

And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

Wa zakaras ma Rabbihee fasallaa

Al-A'laa 87:16

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا16

But you prefer the worldly life,

Bal tu'siroonal hayaatad dunyaa

Al-A'laa 87:17

وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ17

While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

Wal Aakhiratu khairunw wa abqaa

Al-A'laa 87:18

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ18

Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

Inna haazaa lafis suhu fil oolaa

Al-A'laa 87:19

صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ19

The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

Suhufi Ibraaheema wa Moosaa

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