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Qur’an 87:17 Al-A'la, verse 17

وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ

While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.

Surah
Al-A'la (87)
Verse
17 of 19
Revealed
Makki
Juz
30
Mushaf page
592

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaningRoot
وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُwal-ākhiratuWhile the Hereafterأ خ ر
خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) betterخ ي ر
وَأَبْقَىٰٓwa-abqāand everlastingب ق ي

Tap a root to see every word built from it. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources.

In context

The verses around 87:17 in Al-A'la.

  • 87:15وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰAnd mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
  • 87:16بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَاBut you prefer the worldly life,
  • 87:18إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰIndeed, this is in the former scriptures,
  • 87:19صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰThe scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

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