Surah 87 of 114 · Makki
Surah Al-A'laa (The Most High)
سُورَةُ الأَعۡلَىٰ
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى
سَبِّحِsabbiḥiGlorifyٱسْمَis'ma(the) nameرَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lordٱلْأَعْلَىl-aʿlāthe Most High
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High
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ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
ٱلَّذِىalladhīThe One Whoخَلَقَkhalaqacreatedفَسَوَّىٰfasawwāthen proportioned
Who created and proportioned
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وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
وَٱلَّذِىwa-alladhīAnd the One Whoقَدَّرَqaddarameasuredفَهَدَىٰfahadāthen guided
And who destined and [then] guided
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وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ
وَٱلَّذِىٓwa-alladhīAnd the One Whoأَخْرَجَakhrajabrings forthٱلْمَرْعَىٰl-marʿāthe pasture
And who brings out the pasture
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فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ
فَجَعَلَهُۥfajaʿalahuAnd then makes itغُثَآءًghuthāanstubbleأَحْوَىٰaḥwādark
And [then] makes it black stubble
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سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ
سَنُقْرِئُكَsanuq'ri-ukaWe will make you reciteفَلَاfalāso notتَنسَىٰٓtansāyou will forget
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget
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إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
إِلَّاillāExceptمَاmāwhatشَآءَshāawillsٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahuAllahإِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, Heيَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknowsٱلْجَهْرَl-jahrathe manifestوَمَاwamāand whatيَخْفَىٰyakhfāis hidden
Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden
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وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
وَنُيَسِّرُكَwanuyassirukaAnd We will ease youلِلْيُسْرَىٰlil'yus'rāto the ease
And We will ease you toward ease
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فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
فَذَكِّرْfadhakkirSo remindإِنinifنَّفَعَتِnafaʿatibenefitsٱلذِّكْرَىٰl-dhik'rāthe reminder
So remind, if the reminder should benefit
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سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
سَيَذَّكَّرُsayadhakkaruHe will pay heed مَنman(one) whoيَخْشَىٰyakhshāfears (Allah)
He who fears [Allah] will be reminded
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وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَاwayatajannabuhāAnd will avoid itٱلْأَشْقَىl-ashqāthe wretched one
But the wretched one will avoid it
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ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
ٱلَّذِىalladhīThe one whoيَصْلَىyaṣlāwill burnٱلنَّارَl-nāra(in) the Fireٱلْكُبْرَىٰl-kub'rā[the] great
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire
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ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
ثُمَّthummaThenلَاlānotيَمُوتُyamūtuhe will dieفِيهَاfīhāthereinوَلَاwalāand notيَحْيَىٰyaḥyāwill live
Neither dying therein nor living
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قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
قَدْqadCertainlyأَفْلَحَaflaḥahas succeededمَنman(one) whoتَزَكَّىٰtazakkāpurifies (himself)
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
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وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
وَذَكَرَwadhakaraAnd remembersٱسْمَis'ma(the) nameرَبِّهِۦrabbihi(of) his Lordفَصَلَّىٰfaṣallāand prays
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays
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بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
بَلْbalNayتُؤْثِرُونَtu'thirūnaYou preferٱلْحَيَوٰةَl-ḥayatathe lifeٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
But you prefer the worldly life
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وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ
وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُwal-ākhiratuWhile the Hereafterخَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) betterوَأَبْقَىٰٓwa-abqāand everlasting
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring
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إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
إِنَّinnaIndeedهَـٰذَاhādhāthisلَفِىlafīsurely (is) inٱلصُّحُفِl-ṣuḥufithe Scripturesٱلْأُولَىٰl-ūlā[the] former
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures
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صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ
صُحُفِṣuḥufi(The) Scripturesإِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma(of) Ibrahimوَمُوسَىٰwamūsāand Musa
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses