Surah Al-A'la (The Most High)

Topics in Surah Al-A'la

Study guides that discuss verses of this surah, most connected first.

• Revealed Scriptures (Al-Kutub al-Munazzalah) (6 verses)
• The Torah (Tawrah) (5 verses)
• Responsibility (Mas'uliyyah) (5 verses)
• Awe (Khashyah) (4 verses)
• Death (Mawt) (4 verses)
• Guidance (Hidayah) (4 verses)
• Pessimism (Tasha'um) (3 verses)
• Seeking Aid (Isti'anah) (2 verses)
• Illiteracy (Ummiyyah) (2 verses)
• Faith (Iman) (2 verses)
• Recompense (Jaza) (2 verses)
• Preservation (Hifz) (2 verses)
• Life (Hayah) (2 verses)
• Goodness (Khayr) (2 verses)
• Remembrance (Dhikr) (2 verses)

Read Surah Al-A'la with English translation

1. 87:1

   بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى

   [Prophet], glorify the name of your Lord the Most High,

2. 87:2

   ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

   who created [all things] in due proportion;

3. 87:3

   وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

   who determined their destinies and guided them;

4. 87:4

   وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ

   who brought out the green pasture

5. 87:5

   فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ

   then made it dark debris.

6. 87:6

   سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ

   [Prophet], We shall teach you [the Quran] and you will not forget––

7. 87:7

   إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ

   unless God wishes; He knows both what is open and what is hidden––

8. 87:8

   وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

   We shall show you the easy way.

9. 87:9

   فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

   So remind, if reminding will help.

10. 87:10

    سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ

    Those who stand in awe of God will heed the reminder,

11. 87:11

    وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى

    but it will be ignored by the most wicked,

12. 87:12

    ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

    who will enter the Great Fire,

13. 87:13

    ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ

    where they will neither die nor live.

14. 87:14

    قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

    Prosperous are those who purify themselves,

15. 87:15

    وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ

    remember the name of their Lord, and pray.

16. 87:16

    بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

    Yet you [people] prefer the life of this world,

17. 87:17

    وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ

    even though the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

18. 87:18

    إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

    All this is in the earlier scriptures,

19. 87:19

    صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

    the scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.