Surah Al-Ala

Verse 87:1

سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْاَعْلَی ۟ۙ

Sabbiḥis ma Rabbikal ʹAʻlaa,

Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,

Verse 87:2

الَّذِیْ خَلَقَ فَسَوّٰی ۟

ʹAllaẓee khalaq̣a fasawwaa;

Who created and ˹perfectly˺ fashioned ˹all˺,

Verse 87:3

وَالَّذِیْ قَدَّرَ فَهَدٰی ۟

Wallaẓee q̣addara fahadaa;

and Who ordained precisely and inspired accordingly,

Verse 87:4

وَالَّذِیْۤ اَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعٰی ۟

Wallaẓeee ʹakhrajal marʻaa,

and Who brings forth ˹green˺ pasture,

Verse 87:5

فَجَعَلَهٗ غُثَآءً اَحْوٰی ۟ؕ

Fajaʻalahoo g̣us̤aaaʹan ʹaḥwaa.

then reduces it to withered chaff.

Verse 87:6

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنْسٰۤی ۟ۙ

Sanuq̣riʹuka falaa tañsaa,

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

Verse 87:7

اِلَّا مَا شَآءَ اللّٰهُ ؕ اِنَّهٗ یَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا یَخْفٰی ۟ؕ

ʹIllaa maa- shaaaʹal laah: ʹinna-Hoo yaʻlamul jahra wa-maa yakhfaa.

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

Verse 87:8

وَنُیَسِّرُكَ لِلْیُسْرٰی ۟ۚۖ

Wa-nu-yassiruka lil-Yusraa,

We will facilitate for you the Way of Ease.

Verse 87:9

فَذَكِّرْ اِنْ نَّفَعَتِ الذِّكْرٰی ۟ؕ

Faẓakkir ʹin nafaʻatiẓ ẓikraa.

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

Verse 87:10

سَیَذَّكَّرُ مَنْ یَّخْشٰی ۟ۙ

Sayaẓẓakkaru mañy yakhshaa:

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

Verse 87:11

وَیَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْاَشْقَی ۟ۙ

Wa-yatajannabuhal ʹashq̣aa,

But it will be shunned by the most wretched,

Verse 87:12

الَّذِیْ یَصْلَی النَّارَ الْكُبْرٰی ۟ۚ

ʹAllaẓee yaṣlan Naaral kubraa,

who will burn in the greatest Fire,

Verse 87:13

ثُمَّ لَا یَمُوْتُ فِیْهَا وَلَا یَحْیٰی ۟ؕ

S̤umma laa- yamootu feehaa wa-laa yaḥyaa.

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

Verse 87:14

قَدْ اَفْلَحَ مَنْ تَزَكّٰی ۟ۙ

Q̣ad ʹaflaḥa mañ tazakkaa.

Successful indeed are those who purify themselves,

Verse 87:15

وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهٖ فَصَلّٰی ۟ؕ

Wa-ẓakaras ma Rabbihee faṣallaa.

remember the Name of their Lord, and pray.

Verse 87:16

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُوْنَ الْحَیٰوةَ الدُّنْیَا ۟ۚۖ

Bal tuʹs̤iroonal ḥayaatad dunyaa;

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

Verse 87:17

وَالْاٰخِرَةُ خَیْرٌ وَّاَبْقٰی ۟ؕ

Wal-ʹAakhiratu khayruñw waʹabq̣aa.

even though the Hereafter is far better and more lasting.

Verse 87:18

اِنَّ هٰذَا لَفِی الصُّحُفِ الْاُوْلٰی ۟ۙ

ʹInna haaẓaa lafiṣ Ṣuḥufil ʹoolaa,―

This is certainly ˹mentioned˺ in the earlier Scriptures—

Verse 87:19

صُحُفِ اِبْرٰهِیْمَ وَمُوْسٰی ۟۠

Ṣuḥufi ʹIbraaheema wa-Moosaa.

the Scriptures of Abraham and Moses.