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Surah Al-Ala

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Surah Al-Ala is the 87th surah of the Quran. Its name means “The Most High”. It is a meccan surah of 19 verses, opening in juz 30 on page 591 of the mushaf. Below is the full Arabic text in Uthmani script with an English translation for every verse.

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Al-Ala · Meccan · 19 ayahs

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى١ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ٢ وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ٣ وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ٤ فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ٥ سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ٦ إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ٧ وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ٨ فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ٩ سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ١٠ وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى١١ ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ١٢ ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ١٣ قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ١٤ وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ١٥ بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا١٦ وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ١٧ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ١٨ صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ١٩

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Translation, verse by verse
  1. 87:1

    Celebrate the Name of your Lord, the Most Exalted,

  2. 87:2

    who created and proportioned,

  3. 87:3

    who determined and guided,

  4. 87:4

    who brought forth the pasture

  5. 87:5

    and then turned it into a black scum.

  6. 87:6

    We shall have you recite [the Quran], then you will not forget [any of it]

  7. 87:7

    except what Allah may wish. Indeed, He knows the open and what is hidden.

  8. 87:8

    And We shall ease you into facility.

  9. 87:9

    So admonish, for admonition is indeed beneficial:

  10. 87:10

    he who fears [God] will take admonition,

  11. 87:11

    and the most wretched will shun it

  12. 87:12

    —he who will enter the Great Fire,

  13. 87:13

    then he will neither live in it, nor die.

  14. 87:14

    ‘Felicitous is he who purifies himself,

  15. 87:15

    celebrates the Name of his Lord, and prays.

  16. 87:16

    But you prefer the life of this world,

  17. 87:17

    while the Hereafter is better and more lasting.’

  18. 87:18

    This is indeed in the former scriptures,

  19. 87:19

    the scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

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