Al-Ala

87:1

سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى

Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,


87:2

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),


87:3

وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

And Who brings forth herbage,


87:4

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ

Then makes it dried up, dust-colored.


87:5

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ

We will make you recite so you shall not forget,


87:6

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ

Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.


87:7

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ

And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.


87:8

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.


87:9

فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

He who fears will mind,


87:10

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ

And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,


87:11

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى

Who shall enter the great fire;


87:12

ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

Then therein he shall neither live nor die.


87:13

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ

He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself,


87:14

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.


87:15

وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ

Nay! you prefer the life of this world,


87:16

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

While the hereafter is better and more lasting.


87:17

وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ

Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,


87:18

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.