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Qur’an 87:18 Al-A'la, verse 18

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

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

Surah: Al-A'la (87)
Verse: 18 of 19
Revealed: Makki
Juz: 30
Mushaf page: 592

Word by word

Arabic	Transliteration	Meaning	Root
إِنَّ	inna	Indeed
هَـٰذَا	hādhā	this
لَفِى	lafī	surely (is) in
ٱلصُّحُفِ	l-ṣuḥufi	the Scriptures	ص ح ف
ٱلْأُولَىٰ	l-ūlā	[the] former	أ و ل

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 87:18 in Al-A'la.

87:16بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَاBut you prefer the worldly life,
87:17وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ وَأَبْقَىٰٓWhile the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
87:19صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰThe scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

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