87. Al-A'laa

87:1

سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى ﴿١﴾

Sabbiḥi isma rabbika al-aʿlā

Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,

87:2

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ﴿٢﴾

Alladhī khalaqa fasawwā

Who createth, then disposeth;

87:3

وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ ﴿٣﴾

Walladhī qaddara fahadā

Who measureth, then guideth;

87:4

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ ﴿٤﴾

Walladhī akhraja al-marʿā

Who bringeth forth the pasturage,

87:5

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ ﴿٥﴾

Fajaʿalahu ghuthāʾan aḥwā

Then turneth it to russet stubble.

87:6

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ ﴿٦﴾

Sanuqriʾuka falā tansā

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

87:7

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ ﴿٧﴾

Illā mā shāʾa Allāhu innahu yaʿlamu al-jahra wamā yakhfā

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

87:8

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ ﴿٨﴾

Wanuyassiruka lilyusrā

And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.

87:9

فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ ﴿٩﴾

Fadhakkir in nafaʿati adh-dhikrā

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

87:10

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ ﴿١٠﴾

Sayadhdhakkaru man yakhshā

He will heed who feareth,

87:11

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى ﴿١١﴾

Wayatajannabuhā al-ashqā

But the most hapless will flout it,

87:12

ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ﴿١٢﴾

Alladhī yaṣlā an-nāra al-kubrā

He who will be flung to the great Fire

87:13

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ ﴿١٣﴾

Thumma lā yamūtu fīhā walā yaḥyā

Wherein he will neither die nor live.

87:14

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ ﴿١٤﴾

Qad aflaḥa man tazakkā

He is successful who groweth,

87:15

وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ ﴿١٥﴾

Wadhakara isma rabbihi faṣallā

And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,

87:16

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ﴿١٦﴾

Bal tuʾthirūna al-ḥayāta ad-dunyā

But ye prefer the life of the world

87:17

وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ ﴿١٧﴾

Wal-ākhiratu khayrun waʾabqā

Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

87:18

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ﴿١٨﴾

Inna hādhā lafī aṣ-ṣuḥufi al-ulā

Lo! This is in the former scrolls.

87:19

صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ ﴿١٩﴾

Ṣuḥufi ibrāhīma wamūsā

The Books of Abraham and Moses.