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Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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87 Al-'A`lá ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

87:1 سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى
87:1 Glorify the name of thy Guardian-Lord Most High, - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

87:2 ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
87:2 Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion; - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

87:3 وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
87:3 Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance; - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

87:4 وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ
87:4 And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture, - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

87:5 فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ
87:5 And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble. - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

87:6 سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ
87:6 By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt not forget, - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

87:7 إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
87:7 Except as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden. - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

87:8 وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
87:8 And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path). - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

87:9 فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
87:9 Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer). - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

87:10 سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
87:10 The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah): - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

87:11 وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى
87:11 But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones, - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

87:12 ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
87:12 Who will enter the Great Fire, - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

87:13 ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
87:13 In which they will then neither die nor live. - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

87:14 قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
87:14 But those will prosper who purify themselves, - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

87:15 وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
87:15 And glorify the name of their Guardian-Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer. - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

87:16 بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
87:16 Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world; - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

87:17 وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ
87:17 But the Hereafter is better and more enduring. - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

87:18 إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
87:18 And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation),- - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)

87:19 صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ
87:19 The Books of Abraham and Moses. - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)