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87. Surah Al-A'la

The Most High

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful

87:1
سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى١

Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

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87:2
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ٢

Who created and proportioned

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87:3
وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ٣

And who destined and [then] guided

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87:4
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ٤

And who brings out the pasture

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87:5
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ٥

And [then] makes it black stubble.

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87:6
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ٦

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

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87:7
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ٧

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

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87:8
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ٨

And We will ease you toward ease.1

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87:9
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ٩

So remind, if the reminder should benefit;1

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87:10
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ١٠

He who fears [Allāh] will be reminded.

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87:11
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى١١

But the wretched one will avoid it

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87:12
ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ١٢

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

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87:13
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ١٣

Neither dying therein nor living.

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87:14
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ١٤

He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

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87:15
وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ١٥

And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

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87:16
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا١٦

But you prefer the worldly life,

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87:17
وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ١٧

While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

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87:18
إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ١٨

Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

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87:19
صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ١٩

The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

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