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Surah Al-Ala

Surah Al-Ala (The Most High) is chapter 87 of the Holy Quran. It is a Meccan surah with 19 verses. Read the full surah below in Arabic with its translation.

Meccan19 Versesسُورَةُ الأَعۡلَىٰ
Listen to Surah Al-AlaRecited by Yasser Al-Dosari

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Translation

Translated by Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

  1. 87:1

    سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى ١

    Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High

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  2. 87:2

    ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ٢

    Who created and ˹perfectly˺ fashioned ˹all˺

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  3. 87:3

    وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ ٣

    and Who ordained precisely and inspired accordingly

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  4. 87:4

    وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ ٤

    and Who brings forth ˹green˺ pasture

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  5. 87:5

    فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ ٥

    then reduces it to withered chaff

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  6. 87:6

    سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ ٦

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

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  7. 87:7

    إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ ٧

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

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  8. 87:8

    وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ ٨

    We will facilitate for you the Way of Ease

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  9. 87:9

    فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ ٩

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

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  10. 87:10

    سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ ١٠

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

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  11. 87:11

    وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى ١١

    But it will be shunned by the most wretched

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  12. 87:12

    ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ١٢

    who will burn in the greatest Fire

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  13. 87:13

    ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ ١٣

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

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  14. 87:14

    قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٤

    Successful indeed are those who purify themselves

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  15. 87:15

    وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ ١٥

    remember the Name of their Lord, and pray

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  16. 87:16

    بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ١٦

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

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  17. 87:17

    وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ ١٧

    even though the Hereafter is far better and more lasting

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  18. 87:18

    إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ١٨

    This is certainly ˹mentioned˺ in the earlier Scriptures—

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  19. 87:19

    صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ ١٩

    the Scriptures of Abraham and Moses

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