Surah Al-A'laa

Surah Al-A'laa (The Most High) is the 87th chapter of the Holy Quran, with 19 verses. Below is the full Arabic text with transliteration and the English translation. You can also listen to it in immersive 8D audio or open it in the interactive reader.

1. 87:1

   سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى

   Sabbihisma Rabbikal A'laa

   Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

2. 87:2

   ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

   Allazee khalaqa fasawwaa

   Who created and proportioned

3. 87:3

   وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

   Wallazee qaddara fahadaa

   And who destined and [then] guided

4. 87:4

   وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ

   Wallazeee akhrajal mar'aa

   And who brings out the pasture

5. 87:5

   فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ

   Faja'alahoo ghusaaa'an ahwaa

   And [then] makes it black stubble.

6. 87:6

   سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ

   Sanuqri'uka falaa tansaaa

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

7. 87:7

   إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ

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

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

8. 87:8

   وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

   Wa nu-yassiruka lilyusraa

   And We will ease you toward ease.

9. 87:9

   فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

   Fazakkir in nafa'atizzikraa

   So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

10. 87:10

    سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ

    Sa yazzakkaru maiyakhshaa

    He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.

11. 87:11

    وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى

    Wa yatajannabuhal ashqaa

    But the wretched one will avoid it -

12. 87:12

    ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

    Allazee yaslan Naaral kubraa

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

13. 87:13

    ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ

    Summa laa yamootu feehaa wa laa yahyaa

    Neither dying therein nor living.

14. 87:14

    قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

    Qad aflaha man tazakkaa

    He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

15. 87:15

    وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ

    Wa zakaras ma Rabbihee fasallaa

    And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

16. 87:16

    بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

    Bal tu'siroonal hayaatad dunyaa

    But you prefer the worldly life,

17. 87:17

    وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ

    Wal Aakhiratu khairunw wa abqaa

    While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

18. 87:18

    إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

    Inna haazaa lafis suhu fil oolaa

    Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

19. 87:19

    صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

    Suhufi Ibraaheema wa Moosaa

    The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

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