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87. Al-A'la

الأعلىThe Most High · 19 verses

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Noon, meem and ghunnah

Madd (lengthening)

Qalqalah

Not pronounced

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ سَبِّحِ سْمَ رَبِّكَ لْأَعْلَى﴿١﴾

Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ﴿٢﴾

Who createth, then disposeth

وَلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ﴿٣﴾

Who measureth, then guideth

وَلَّذِ أَخْرَجَ لْمَرْعَىٰ﴿٤﴾

Who bringeth forth the pasturage

فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَءً أَحْوَىٰ﴿٥﴾

Then turneth it to russet stubble

سَنُرِئُكَ فَلَا تَىٰٓ﴿٦﴾

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

إِلَّا مَا شَءَ للَّهُ إِهُ يَعْلَمُ لْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ﴿٧﴾

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

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ﴿٨﴾

And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease

فَذَكِّرْ إِفَعَتِ ذِّكْرَىٰ﴿٩﴾

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

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَخْشَىٰ﴿١٠﴾

He will heed who feareth

وَيَتَجَبُهَا لْأَشْقَى﴿١١﴾

But the most hapless will flout it

ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ارَ لْكُرَىٰ﴿١٢﴾

He who will be flung to the great Fire

ثُ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ﴿١٣﴾

Wherein he will neither die nor live

قَ أَفْلَحَ مَزَكَّىٰ﴿١٤﴾

He is successful who groweth

وَذَكَرَ سْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ﴿١٥﴾

And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ لْحَيَةَ دُّنْيَا﴿١٦﴾

But ye prefer the life of the world

وَلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرأَقَىٰٓ﴿١٧﴾

Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting

إِ هَذَا لَفِى صُّحُفِ لْأُولَىٰ﴿١٨﴾

Lo! This is in the former scrolls

صُحُفِ إِرَهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ﴿١٩﴾

The Books of Abraham and Moses

Arabic text: Tanzil Qur'an Text (Uthmani), copyright © 2007–2026 Tanzil Project, used unaltered, tanzil.net. Tajweed positions: quran-tajweed by Collin Fair, CC BY 4.0. English: Marmaduke Pickthall (1930).