Surah Al-A’la (87): Arabic, Transliteration and English

Full text of Surah Al-A’la, verse by verse

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى ﴿١﴾

Sabbihisma Rabbikal A'laa

1 Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ﴿٢﴾

Allazee khalaqa fasawwaa

2 Who created and proportioned

وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ ﴿٣﴾

Wallazee qaddara fahadaa

3 And who destined and [then] guided

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ ﴿٤﴾

Wallazeee akhrajal mar'aa

4 And who brings out the pasture

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ ﴿٥﴾

Faja'alahoo ghusaaa'an ahwaa

5 And [then] makes it black stubble.

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ ﴿٦﴾

Sanuqri'uka falaa tansaaa

6 We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,

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

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

7 Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ ﴿٨﴾

Wa nu-yassiruka lilyusraa

8 And We will ease you toward ease.

فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ ﴿٩﴾

Fazakkir in nafa'atizzikraa

9 So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ ﴿١٠﴾

Sa yazzakkaru maiyakhshaa

10 He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى ﴿١١﴾

Wa yatajannabuhal ashqaa

11 But the wretched one will avoid it -

ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ﴿١٢﴾

Allazee yaslan Naaral kubraa

12 [He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ ﴿١٣﴾

Summa laa yamootu feehaa wa laa yahyaa

13 Neither dying therein nor living.

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ ﴿١٤﴾

Qad aflaha man tazakkaa

14 He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ ﴿١٥﴾

Wa zakaras ma Rabbihee fasallaa

15 And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ﴿١٦﴾

Bal tu'siroonal hayaatad dunyaa

16 But you prefer the worldly life,

وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ ﴿١٧﴾

Wal Aakhiratu khairunw wa abqaa

17 While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ﴿١٨﴾

Inna haazaa lafis suhu fil oolaa

18 Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ ﴿١٩﴾

Suhufi Ibraaheema wa Moosaa

19 The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

Sources: Arabic text in Uthmani script (Tanzil edition); English translation: Saheeh International; transliteration in standard Latin letters. Transliteration helps with pronunciation but cannot render every Arabic letter.