Chapter 87: Surah Al-A'la (The Most High)
87:1
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سَبِّحِ Glorify
اسْمَ رَبِّكَ the name of thy Lord
الْاَعْلَىۙ the Most High
Verse 1
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
Glorify the name of thy Lord, the Most High!
87:2
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الَّذِيْ خَلَقَ Who creates
فَسَوّٰىۙ then makes complete
Verse 2
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
Who creates, then makes complete,
87:3
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وَ الَّذِيْ And Who measures
قَدَّرَ فَهَدٰى then guides
Verse 3
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
And Who measures, then guides,
87:4
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وَ الَّذِيْۤ And Who
اَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعٰىۙ brings forth herbage
Verse 4
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
And Who brings forth herbage,
87:5
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فَجَعَلَهٗ غُثَآءً Then makes it dried up
اَحْوٰىؕ dust-coloured
Verse 5
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
Then makes it dried up, dust-coloured.
87:6
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سَنُقْرِئُكَ We shall make thee recite
فَلَا تَنْسٰۤىۙ so thou shalt not forget —
Verse 6
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
We shall make thee recite so thou shalt not forget —
87:7
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اِلَّا مَا شَآءَ اللّٰهُ١ؕ Except what Allah please
اِنَّهٗ يَعْلَمُ Surely He knows the manifest
الْجَهْرَ وَ مَا يَخْفٰىؕ and what is hidden
Verse 7
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
Except what Allah please. Surely He knows the manifest,
and what is hidden.
87:8
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وَ نُيَسِّرُكَ And We shall make thy way
لِلْيُسْرٰى ۚ smooth to a state of ease
Verse 8
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
And We shall make thy way smooth to a state of ease.
87:9
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فَذَكِّرْ So remind
اِنْ نَّفَعَتِ indeed profits (comes from)
الذِّكْرٰى ؕ reminding
Verse 9
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
So remind, reminding indeed profits.
87:10
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سَيَذَّكَّرُ He will mind
مَنْ يَّخْشٰى ۙ who fears
Verse 10
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
He who fears will mind,
87:11
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وَ يَتَجَنَّبُهَا And one will avoid it
الْاَشْقَىۙ the most unfortunate
Verse 11
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
87:12
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الَّذِيْ يَصْلَى النَّارَ Who will burn
الْكُبْرٰى ۚ in the great Fire
Verse 12
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
Who will burn in the great Fire.
87:13
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ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوْتُ Then therein he will not die
فِيْهَا وَ لَا يَحْيٰى ؕ neither live
Verse 13
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
Then therein he will neither live nor die.
87:14
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قَدْ اَفْلَحَ Successful indeed is
مَنْ the one
تَزَكّٰى who purifies himself
Verse 14
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
He indeed is successful who purifies himself,
87:15
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وَ ذَكَرَ And remembers the
اسْمَ رَبِّهٖ فَصَلّٰىؕ name of his Lord, then prays
Verse 15
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
And remembers the name of his Lord, then prays.
87:16
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بَلْ تُؤْثِرُوْنَ But, you prefer
الْحَيٰوةَ الدُّنْيَا the life of this world
Verse 16
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
But, you prefer the life of this world,
87:17
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وَ الْاٰخِرَةُ While the Hereafter
خَيْرٌ وَّ اَبْقٰى is better and more lasting
Verse 17
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
While the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
87:18
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اِنَّ هٰذَا لَفِي Surely this is
الصُّحُفِ الْاُوْلٰى in the earlier scriptures
Verse 18
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
Surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
87:19
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صُحُفِ اِبْرٰهِيْمَ The scriptures of Abraham
وَ مُوْسٰىؒ and Moses
Verse 19
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses
90:20
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وَ لَاۤ اَنَا عَابِدٌ Nor shall I serve
مَّا عَبَدْتُّمْ that which ye serve,
Verse 4