Ayah 1
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
Sabbiĥi Asma Rabbika Al-'A`lá
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High
Surah 87
The Most High
سُورَةُ الأَعۡلَىٰ
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Ayah 1
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
Sabbiĥi Asma Rabbika Al-'A`lá
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High
Ayah 2
Allathee khalaqa fasawwa
Al-Ladhī Khalaqa Fasawwá
Who creates, then makes complete
Ayah 3
Waallathee qaddara fahada
Wa Al-Ladhī Qaddara Fahadá
And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal)
Ayah 4
Waallathee akhraja almarAAa
Wa Al-Ladhī 'Akhraja Al-Mar`á
And Who brings forth herbage
Ayah 5
FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa
Faja`alahu Ghuthā'an 'Aĥwá
Then makes it dried up, dust-colored
Ayah 6
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
Sanuqri'uka Falā Tansá
We will make you recite so you shall not forget
Ayah 7
Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa
Illā Mā Shā'a Allāhu 'Innahu Ya`lamu Al-Jahra Wa Mā Yakhfá
Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden
Ayah 8
Wanuyassiruka lilyusra
Wa Nuyassiruka Lilyusrá
And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease
Ayah 9
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
Fadhakkir 'In Nafa`ati Adh-Dhikrá
Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit
Ayah 10
Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha
Sayadhakkaru Man Yakhshá
He who fears will mind
Ayah 11
Wayatajannabuha alashqa
Wa Yatajannabuhā Al-'Ashqá
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it
Ayah 12
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
Al-Ladhī Yaşlá An-Nāra Al-Kubrá
Who shall enter the great fire
Ayah 13
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
Thumma Lā Yamūtu Fīhā Wa Lā Yaĥyā
Then therein he shall neither live nor die
Ayah 14
Qad aflaha man tazakka
Qad 'Aflaĥa Man Tazakká
He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself
Ayah 15
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
Wa Dhakara Asma Rabbihi Faşallá
And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays
Ayah 16
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
Bal Tu'uthirūna Al-Ĥayāata Ad-Dunyā
Nay! you prefer the life of this world
Ayah 17
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
Wa Al-'Ākhiratu Khayrun Wa 'Abqá
While the hereafter is better and more lasting
Ayah 18
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
Inna Hādhā Lafī Aş-Şuĥufi Al-'Ūlá
Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures
Ayah 19
Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa
Şuĥufi 'Ibrāhīma Wa Mūsá
The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa