Surah Al Ala with English translation
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
87:1 سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
87:2 الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Who created and proportioned
87:3 وَالَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
And who destined and [then] guided
87:4 وَالَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعَىٰ
And who brings out the pasture
87:5 فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَاءً أَحْوَىٰ
And [then] makes it black stubble.
87:6 سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنْسَىٰ
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
87:7 إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.
87:8 وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
And We will ease you toward ease.
87:9 فَذَكِّرْ إِنْ نَفَعَتِ الذِّكْرَىٰ
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
87:10 سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَنْ يَخْشَىٰ
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.
87:11 وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى
But the wretched one will avoid it –
87:12 الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرَىٰ
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
87:13 ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
Neither dying therein nor living.
87:14 قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ تَزَكَّىٰ
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
87:15 وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
87:16 بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
But you prefer the worldly life,
87:17 وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
87:18 إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَىٰ
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
87:19 صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.