Surah 87 · 19 ayahs · Meccan Surah Al-Ala — The Most High

سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى

Sabbihisma Rabbikal A'laa

Glorify the name of thy Guardian-Lord Most High,

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

Allazee khalaqa fasawwaa

Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;

وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

Wallazee qaddara fahadaa

Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ

Wallazeee akhrajal mar'aa

And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ

Faja'alahoo ghusaaa'an ahwaa

And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ

Sanuqri'uka falaa tansaaa

By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt not forget,

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ

Illaa maa shaaa'al laah; innahoo ya'lamul jahra wa maa yakhfaa

Except as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden.

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

Wa nu-yassiruka lilyusraa

And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).

فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

Fazakkir in nafa'atizzikraa

Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ

Sa yazzakkaru maiyakhshaa

The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى

Wa yatajannabuhal ashqaa

But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,

ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

Allazee yaslan Naaral kubraa

Who will enter the Great Fire,

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ

Summa laa yamootu feehaa wa laa yahyaa

In which they will then neither die nor live.

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

Qad aflaha man tazakkaa

But those will prosper who purify themselves,

وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ

Wa zakaras ma Rabbihee fasallaa

And glorify the name of their Guardian-Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

Bal tu'siroonal hayaatad dunyaa

Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;

وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ

Wal Aakhiratu khairunw wa abqaa

But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

Inna haazaa lafis suhu fil oolaa

And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation),-

صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

Suhufi Ibraaheema wa Moosaa

The Books of Abraham and Moses.