Al-A'la

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 87:1

   سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى ۝١

   Sabbiḥisma rabbikal-a‘lā.

   Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

2. 87:2

   ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ۝٢

   Allażī khalaqa fasawwā.

   Who created and proportioned

3. 87:3

   وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ ۝٣

   Wal-lażī qaddara fahadā.

   And who destined and [then] guided

4. 87:4

   وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ ۝٤

   Wal-lażī akhrajal-mar‘ā.

   And who brings out the pasture

5. 87:5

   فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ ۝٥

   Fa ja‘alahū guṡā'an aḥwā.

   And [then] makes it black stubble.

6. 87:6

   سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ ۝٦

   Sanuqri'uka falā tansā.

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

7. 87:7

   إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ ۝٧

   Illā mā syā'allāh(u), innahū ya‘lamul-jahra wa mā yakhfā.

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

8. 87:8

   وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ ۝٨

   Wa nuyassiruka lil-yusrā.

   And We will ease you toward ease.

9. 87:9

   فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ ۝٩

   Fa żakkir in nafa‘atiż-żikrā.

   So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

10. 87:10

    سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ ۝١٠

    Sayażżakkaru may yakhsyā.

    He who fears [Allāh] will be reminded.

11. 87:11

    وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى ۝١١

    Wa yatajannabuhal-asyqā.

    But the wretched one will avoid it

12. 87:12

    ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ ۝١٢

    Allażī yaṣlan-nāral-kubrā.

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

13. 87:13

    ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ ۝١٣

    Ṡumma lā yamūtu fīhā wa lā yaḥyā.

    Neither dying therein nor living.

14. 87:14

    قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ ۝١٤

    Qad aflaḥa man tazakkā.

    He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

15. 87:15

    وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ ۝١٥

    Wa żakarasma rabbihī fa ṣallā.

    And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

16. 87:16

    بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۝١٦

    Bal tu'ṡirūnal-ḥayātad-dun-yā.

    But you prefer the worldly life,

17. 87:17

    وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ ۝١٧

    Wal-ākhiratu khairuw wa abqā.

    While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

18. 87:18

    إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ۝١٨

    Inna hāżā lafiṣ-ṣuḥufil-ūlā.

    Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

19. 87:19

    صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ ۝١٩

    Ṣuḥufi ibrāhīma wa mūsā.

    The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

Arabic text: Uthmani script, Hafs, from Quran.com. Translation: Saheeh International, from Quran.com (footnotes not shown). Transliteration: equran.id. Recitation: Sheikh Mishary Rashid Alafasy, from everyayah.com. About the sources.