Surah Al-A'la

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. سَبِّحِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡأَعۡلَى١

   87:1

   sabbiḥi is'ma rabbika l-aʿlā

   Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

2. ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ٢

   87:2

   alladhī khalaqa fasawwā

   Who created and proportioned

3. وَٱلَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ٣

   87:3

   wa-alladhī qaddara fahadā

   And who destined and [then] guided

4. وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَخۡرَجَ ٱلۡمَرۡعَىٰ٤

   87:4

   wa-alladhī akhraja l-marʿā

   And who brings out the pasture

5. فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحۡوَىٰ٥

   87:5

   fajaʿalahu ghuthāan aḥwā

   And [then] makes it black stubble.

6. سَنُقۡرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ٦

   87:6

   sanuq'ri-uka falā tansā

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

7. إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡجَهۡرَ وَمَا يَخۡفَىٰ٧

   87:7

   illā mā shāa l-lahu innahu yaʿlamu l-jahra wamā yakhfā

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

8. وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلۡيُسۡرَىٰ٨

   87:8

   wanuyassiruka lil'yus'rā

   And We will ease you toward ease.

9. فَذَكِّرۡ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ٩

   87:9

   fadhakkir in nafaʿati l-dhik'rā

   So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

10. سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰ١٠

    87:10

    sayadhakkaru man yakhshā

    He who fears [Allāh] will be reminded.

11. وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى١١

    87:11

    wayatajannabuhā l-ashqā

    But the wretched one will avoid it

12. ٱلَّذِي يَصۡلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ١٢

    87:12

    alladhī yaṣlā l-nāra l-kub'rā

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

13. ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحۡيَىٰ١٣

    87:13

    thumma lā yamūtu fīhā walā yaḥyā

    Neither dying therein nor living.

14. قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ١٤

    87:14

    qad aflaḥa man tazakkā

    He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

15. وَذَكَرَ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ١٥

    87:15

    wadhakara is'ma rabbihi faṣallā

    And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

16. بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا١٦

    87:16

    bal tu'thirūna l-ḥayata l-dun'yā

    But you prefer the worldly life,

17. وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرٞ وَأَبۡقَىٰٓ١٧

    87:17

    wal-ākhiratu khayrun wa-abqā

    While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

18. إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ١٨

    87:18

    inna hādhā lafī l-ṣuḥufi l-ūlā

    Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

19. صُحُفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ١٩

    87:19

    ṣuḥufi ib'rāhīma wamūsā

    The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.