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The Most High • Mecca • 19 ayahs
الأَعۡلَىٰ
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Ayah 87:1
سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى١
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Ayah 87:2
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ٢
Who created and proportioned
Ayah 87:3
وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ٣
And who destined and [then] guided
Ayah 87:4
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ٤
And who brings out the pasture
Ayah 87:5
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ٥
And [then] makes it black stubble.
Ayah 87:6
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ٦
We will make you recite, [O Muḥammad], and you will not forget,
Ayah 87:7
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ٧
Except what Allāh should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.
Ayah 87:8
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ٨
And We will ease you toward ease.1
Ayah 87:9
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ٩
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;1
Ayah 87:10
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ١٠
He who fears [Allāh] will be reminded.
Ayah 87:11
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى١١
But the wretched one will avoid it
Ayah 87:12
ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ١٢
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
Ayah 87:13
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ١٣
Neither dying therein nor living.
Ayah 87:14
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ١٤
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
Ayah 87:15
وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ١٥
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
Ayah 87:16
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا١٦
But you prefer the worldly life,
Ayah 87:17
وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ١٧
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Ayah 87:18
إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ١٨
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
Ayah 87:19
صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ١٩
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
Surah Al-A'laa (The Most High) is chapter 87 of the Quran and contains 19 ayahs. The reader provides Arabic text with Urdu and English translations. Choose an ayah below to open its reference page.
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