# Surah Al-A'la (الأَعْلَىٰ) — The Most High

> **Chapter 87 of the Holy Quran** · **19 Verses** · **Meccan Revelation**

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- **Reciter**: Sheikh Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
- **Script**: Authentic Uthmanic Arabic Script (Hafs 'an 'Asim)
- **English Translation**: Saheeh International (100+ additional languages available on the interactive web reader)

## Complete Quran Text & English Translation (19 Verses)

### Verse 87:1

سَبِّحِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡأَعۡلَى

Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High

### Verse 87:2

ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

Who created and proportioned

### Verse 87:3

وَٱلَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

And who destined and [then] guided

### Verse 87:4

وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَخۡرَجَ ٱلۡمَرۡعَىٰ

And who brings out the pasture

### Verse 87:5

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحۡوَىٰ

And [then] makes it black stubble

### Verse 87:6

سَنُقۡرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ

We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget

### Verse 87:7

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡجَهۡرَ وَمَا يَخۡفَىٰ

Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden

### Verse 87:8

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلۡيُسۡرَىٰ

And We will ease you toward ease

### Verse 87:9

فَذَكِّرۡ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ

So remind, if the reminder should benefit

### Verse 87:10

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰ

He who fears [Allah] will be reminded

### Verse 87:11

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى

But the wretched one will avoid it

### Verse 87:12

ٱلَّذِي يَصۡلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ

[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire

### Verse 87:13

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحۡيَىٰ

Neither dying therein nor living

### Verse 87:14

قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

### Verse 87:15

وَذَكَرَ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ

And mentions the name of his Lord and prays

### Verse 87:16

بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا

But you prefer the worldly life

### Verse 87:17

وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرࣱ وَأَبۡقَىٰٓ

While the Hereafter is better and more enduring

### Verse 87:18

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ

Indeed, this is in the former scriptures

### Verse 87:19

صُحُفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

The scriptures of Abraham and Moses