بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى ١
Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,
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SURAH 87 · 19 AYAHS · MECCAN
Al-A'laa
The Most High
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ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ٢
Who createth, then disposeth;
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وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ ٣
Who measureth, then guideth;
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وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ ٤
Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
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فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ ٥
Then turneth it to russet stubble.
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سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ ٦
We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget
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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;
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وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ ٨
And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.
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فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ ٩
Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
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سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ ١٠
He will heed who feareth,
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وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى ١١
But the most hapless will flout it,
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ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ١٢
He who will be flung to the great Fire
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ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ ١٣
Wherein he will neither die nor live.
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قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٤
He is successful who groweth,
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وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ ١٥
And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
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بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ١٦
But ye prefer the life of the world
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وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ ١٧
Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
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إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ١٨
Lo! This is in the former scrolls.
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صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ ١٩
The Books of Abraham and Moses.
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