Skip to main content

سُورَةُ الأَعۡلَىٰ

The Most-High
Bismillah
87:1
سَبِّحِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡأَعۡلَى ١
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most-High,
87:2
ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ٢
who created, and, further, gave [due] proportion [to what He created];
87:3
وَٱلَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ ٣
who measured, and granted guidance [to Man and animals];
87:4
وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَخۡرَجَ ٱلۡمَرۡعَىٰ ٤
and who brought out the [green and luscious] pasture,
87:5
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحۡوَىٰ ٥
and then turned it into blackish straw.
87:6
سَنُقۡرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ ٦
[O Prophet, by degrees] shall We reveal to you [the Message], so forget [it] not,
87:7
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡجَهۡرَ وَمَا يَخۡفَىٰ ٧
except as Allāh wills.Verily, He knows what is manifest and what is hidden [of your conduct].
87:8
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلۡيُسۡرَىٰ ٨
And We will make it easy for you [to follow] the easy [Path].
87:9
فَذَكِّرۡ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ ٩
Therefore, give admonition in case the admonition profits [the listener].
87:10
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰ ١٠
He will remember who fears [Allāh]:
87:11
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى ١١
[But] it will be avoided by the most wicked,
87:12
ٱلَّذِي يَصۡلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ١٢
who will burn in the great Fire,
87:13
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحۡيَىٰ ١٣
in which he will then neither die nor live.
87:14
قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٤
But he will prosper who purifies himself,
87:15
وَذَكَرَ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ ١٥
and remembers the name of his Lord, and prays.
87:16
بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ١٦
Nay [behold], you prefer the life of this world;
87:17
وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرٞ وَأَبۡقَىٰٓ ١٧
but the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
87:18
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ ١٨
And this is in the Scriptures of the earliest [Revelations],
87:19
صُحُفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ ١٩
The Scriptures of Ibrāhīmand Mūsā.

Get the Print Edition

First published in August 2023, this translation is available in two Hard bound editions. One comes with Parallel Arabic-English Texts and the other is the English only version. In December 2025 we had published the third edition of both versions, alhamdulillah.

Contact the Translator

Scholars and readers are welcome to send their comments, suggestions and queries in English, Arabic or Urdu.

Publisher

Published for Institute of Islamic & Arab Studies, New Delhi by

Pharos Media & Publishing Pvt Ltd

D-84 Abul Fazl Enclave – I, Jamia Nagar

New Delhi-110025, India

WhatsApp: +91-9818120669

© Translation, notes and appendices: Zafarul-Islam Khan 2023 / Institute of Islamic & Arab Studies, New Delhi.

Apart from fair use, for any kind of reproduction, in part or full, written permission of the copyright holder is required.