Surah 87: Al-A'laa سُورَةُ الأَعۡلَىٰ

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى 1

¹Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ 2

²Who createth, then disposeth;

وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ 3

³Who measureth, then guideth;

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ 4

⁴Who bringeth forth the pasturage,

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ 5

⁵Then turneth it to russet stubble.

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ 6

⁶We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ 7

⁷Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ 8

⁸And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.

فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ 9

⁹Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ 10

¹⁰He will heed who feareth,

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى 11

¹¹But the most hapless will flout it,

ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ 12

¹²He who will be flung to the great Fire

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ 13

¹³Wherein he will neither die nor live.

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ 14

¹⁴He is successful who groweth,

وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ 15

¹⁵And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا 16

¹⁶But ye prefer the life of the world

وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ 17

¹⁷Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ 18

¹⁸Lo! This is in the former scrolls.

صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ 19

¹⁹The Books of Abraham and Moses.