Al-A'la
الأعلى
Meccan · 19 verses · Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Arabic text: Uthmani script, verified against an independent source. NUR never alters the Quranic text.
- 87:1
۞ سَبِّحِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡأَعۡلَى
Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High
- 87:2
ٱلَّذِی خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Who createth, then disposeth
- 87:3
وَٱلَّذِی قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
Who measureth, then guideth
- 87:4
وَٱلَّذِیۤ أَخۡرَجَ ٱلۡمَرۡعَىٰ
Who bringeth forth the pasturage
- 87:5
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَاۤءً أَحۡوَىٰ
Then turneth it to russet stubble
- 87:6
سَنُقۡرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰۤ
We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget
- 87:7
إِلَّا مَا شَاۤءَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ یَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡجَهۡرَ وَمَا یَخۡفَىٰ
Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden
- 87:8
وَنُیَسِّرُكَ لِلۡیُسۡرَىٰ
And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease
- 87:9
فَذَكِّرۡ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ
Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder
- 87:10
سَیَذَّكَّرُ مَن یَخۡشَىٰ
He will heed who feareth
- 87:11
وَیَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى
But the most hapless will flout it
- 87:12
ٱلَّذِی یَصۡلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ
He who will be flung to the great Fire
- 87:13
ثُمَّ لَا یَمُوتُ فِیهَا وَلَا یَحۡیَىٰ
Wherein he will neither die nor live
- 87:14
قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
He is successful who groweth
- 87:15
وَذَكَرَ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth
- 87:16
بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُونَ ٱلۡحَیَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡیَا
But ye prefer the life of the world
- 87:17
وَٱلۡءَاخِرَةُ خَیۡرࣱ وَأَبۡقَىٰۤ
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting
- 87:18
إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِی ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ
Lo! This is in the former scrolls
- 87:19
صُحُفِ إِبۡرَ ٰهِیمَ وَمُوسَىٰ
The Books of Abraham and Moses