Chapter 87 of the Quran

Surah Al-A'la (The Most High)

الأعلى

Surah Al-A'la is the 87th chapter of the Holy Quran. It contains 19 ayahs and was revealed in Makkah.

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  1. Ayah 1

    سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى

    Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

  2. Ayah 2

    ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

    Who created and proportioned

  3. Ayah 3

    وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

    And who destined and [then] guided

  4. Ayah 4

    وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ

    And who brings out the pasture

  5. Ayah 5

    فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ

    And [then] makes it black stubble.

  6. Ayah 6

    سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ

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

  7. Ayah 7

    إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ

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

  8. Ayah 8

    وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

    And We will ease you toward ease.

  9. Ayah 9

    فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

    So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

  10. Ayah 10

    سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ

    He who fears [Allāh] will be reminded.

  11. Ayah 11

    وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى

    But the wretched one will avoid it

  12. Ayah 12

    ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

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

  13. Ayah 13

    ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ

    Neither dying therein nor living.

  14. Ayah 14

    قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

    He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

  15. Ayah 15

    وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ

    And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

  16. Ayah 16

    بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

    But you prefer the worldly life,

  17. Ayah 17

    وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ

    While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

  18. Ayah 18

    إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

    Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

  19. Ayah 19

    صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

    The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.