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CHAPTER 87 · 19 VERSES

Surah Al-A'la

Arabic text and English translation

Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com · CC BY-ND 4.0. A translation conveys meanings; it does not replace the Arabic Quran.

سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Praise the name of your Lord, the Most High.

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

He who creates and regulates.

وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

He who measures and guides.

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

He who produces the pasture.

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

And then turns it into light debris.

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

We will make you read, so do not forget.

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Except what God wills. He knows what is declared, and what is hidden.

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

We will ease you into the Easy Way.

فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

So remind, if reminding helps.

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

The reverent will remember.

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

But the wretched will avoid it.

ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

He who will enter the Gigantic Fire.

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Where he will neither die, nor live.

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Successful is he who purifies himself.

وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

And mentions the name of his Lord, and prays.

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

But you prefer the present life.

وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Though the Hereafter is better, and more lasting.

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

This is in the former scriptures.

صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

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