Al-A'la

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

87:1

sabbiḥi is'ma rabbika l-aʿlā

Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,

87:2

alladhī khalaqa fasawwā

Who created and ˹perfectly˺ fashioned ˹all˺,

87:3

wa-alladhī qaddara fahadā

and Who ordained precisely and inspired accordingly,

87:4

wa-alladhī akhraja l-marʿā

and Who brings forth ˹green˺ pasture,

87:5

fajaʿalahu ghuthāan aḥwā

then reduces it to withered chaff.

87:6

sanuq'ri-uka falā tansā

We will have you recite ˹the Quran, O Prophet,˺ so you will not forget ˹any of it˺,

87:7

illā mā shāa l-lahu innahu yaʿlamu l-jahra wamā yakhfā

unless Allah wills otherwise. He surely knows what is open and what is hidden.

87:8

wanuyassiruka lil'yus'rā

We will facilitate for you the Way of Ease.

87:9

fadhakkir in nafaʿati l-dhik'rā

So ˹always˺ remind ˹with the Quran˺—˹even˺ if the reminder is beneficial ˹only to some˺.

87:10

sayadhakkaru man yakhshā

Those in awe ˹of Allah˺ will be mindful ˹of it˺.

87:11

wayatajannabuhā l-ashqā

But it will be shunned by the most wretched,

87:12

alladhī yaṣlā l-nāra l-kub'rā

who will burn in the greatest Fire,

87:13

thumma lā yamūtu fīhā walā yaḥyā

where they will not ˹be able to˺ live or die.

87:14

qad aflaḥa man tazakkā

Successful indeed are those who purify themselves,

87:15

wadhakara is'ma rabbihi faṣallā

remember the Name of their Lord, and pray.

87:16

bal tu'thirūna l-ḥayata l-dun'yā

But you ˹deniers only˺ prefer the life of this world,

87:17

wal-ākhiratu khayrun wa-abqā

even though the Hereafter is far better and more lasting.

87:18

inna hādhā lafī l-ṣuḥufi l-ūlā

This is certainly ˹mentioned˺ in the earlier Scriptures—

87:19

ṣuḥufi ib'rāhīma wamūsā

the Scriptures of Abraham and Moses.