The Most High
Al-A'la
87:1
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.
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87:2
سَبِّحِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡأَعۡلَى
Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,
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87:3
ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Who created and ˹perfectly˺ fashioned ˹all˺,
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87:4
وَٱلَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
and Who ordained precisely and inspired accordingly,
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87:5
وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَخۡرَجَ ٱلۡمَرۡعَىٰ
and Who brings forth ˹green˺ pasture,
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87:6
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحۡوَىٰ
then reduces it to withered chaff.
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87:7
سَنُقۡرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ
We will have you recite ˹the Quran, O Prophet,˺ so you will not forget ˹any of it˺,
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87:8
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡجَهۡرَ وَمَا يَخۡفَىٰ
unless Allah wills otherwise. He surely knows what is open and what is hidden.
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87:9
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلۡيُسۡرَىٰ
We will facilitate for you the Way of Ease.
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87:10
فَذَكِّرۡ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ
So ˹always˺ remind ˹with the Quran˺—˹even˺ if the reminder is beneficial ˹only to some˺.
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87:11
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰ
Those in awe ˹of Allah˺ will be mindful ˹of it˺.
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87:12
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى
But it will be shunned by the most wretched,
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87:13
ٱلَّذِي يَصۡلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ
who will burn in the greatest Fire,
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87:14
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحۡيَىٰ
where they will not ˹be able to˺ live or die.
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87:15
قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
Successful indeed are those who purify themselves,
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87:16
وَذَكَرَ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
remember the Name of their Lord, and pray.
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87:17
بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا
But you ˹deniers only˺ prefer the life of this world,
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87:18
وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرٞ وَأَبۡقَىٰٓ
even though the Hereafter is far better and more lasting.
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87:19
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ
This is certainly ˹mentioned˺ in the earlier Scriptures—
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87:20
صُحُفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ
the Scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
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