سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى ﴿١﴾
Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,
87th surah of the Quran
The Most High
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى ﴿١﴾
Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ﴿٢﴾
Who createth, then disposeth;
وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ ﴿٣﴾
Who measureth, then guideth;
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ ﴿٤﴾
Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ ﴿٥﴾
Then turneth it to russet stubble.
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ ﴿٦﴾
We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ ﴿٧﴾
Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ ﴿٨﴾
And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ ﴿٩﴾
Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ ﴿١٠﴾
He will heed who feareth,
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى ﴿١١﴾
But the most hapless will flout it,
ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ﴿١٢﴾
He who will be flung to the great Fire
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ ﴿١٣﴾
Wherein he will neither die nor live.
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ ﴿١٤﴾
He is successful who groweth,
وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ ﴿١٥﴾
And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ﴿١٦﴾
But ye prefer the life of the world
وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ ﴿١٧﴾
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ﴿١٨﴾
Lo! This is in the former scrolls.
صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ ﴿١٩﴾
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
Arabic text: Uthmani script. English translation: Marmaduke Pickthall. Audio: everyayah.com.
Surah Al-A'la (الأعلى) is the 87th surah of the Quran. It has 19 verses and is found in Juz 30. It is classified as a Meccan surah, meaning it was mainly revealed before the Prophet's migration (Hijra) to Medina.
Its name, الأعلى, is commonly translated as “The Most High”.
Surah Al-A'la (الأعلى) has 19 verses. It is the 87th surah of the Quran, after Surah At-Tariq and before Surah Al-Ghashiyah, and it is found in Juz 30.
It is classified as a Meccan surah, meaning it was mainly revealed before the Hijra. In the traditional order of revelation it is number 8 out of 114. Scholars sometimes differ about the place of revelation of some verses.
الأعلى is commonly translated as “The Most High”. The surahs are named after a word or a theme that appears in them, and the name is a label rather than a summary of the whole surah.
Surah Al-A'la is in Juz' 30.
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