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سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى
Sahih International
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
The Clear Quran
Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,
Surah 87
Layered Translations
الأعلى
Al-A'la | The Most High | 19 آيات
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2
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Sahih International
Who created and proportioned
The Clear Quran
Who created and ˹perfectly˺ fashioned ˹all˺,
3
وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
Sahih International
And who destined and [then] guided
The Clear Quran
and Who ordained precisely and inspired accordingly,
4
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ
Sahih International
And who brings out the pasture
The Clear Quran
and Who brings forth ˹green˺ pasture,
5
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ
Sahih International
And [then] makes it black stubble.
The Clear Quran
then reduces it to withered chaff.
6
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ
Sahih International
We will make you recite, [O Muḥammad], and you will not forget,
The Clear Quran
We will have you recite ˹the Quran, O Prophet,˺ so you will not forget ˹any of it˺,
7
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
Sahih International
Except what Allāh should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.
The Clear Quran
unless Allah wills otherwise.1 He surely knows what is open and what is hidden.
8
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
Sahih International
And We will ease you toward ease.1
The Clear Quran
We will facilitate for you the Way of Ease.1
9
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
Sahih International
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;1
The Clear Quran
So ˹always˺ remind ˹with the Quran˺—˹even˺ if the reminder is beneficial ˹only to some˺.
10
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
Sahih International
He who fears [Allāh] will be reminded.
The Clear Quran
Those in awe ˹of Allah˺ will be mindful ˹of it˺.
11
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى
Sahih International
But the wretched one will avoid it
The Clear Quran
But it will be shunned by the most wretched,
12
ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
Sahih International
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
The Clear Quran
who will burn in the greatest Fire,
13
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
Sahih International
Neither dying therein nor living.
The Clear Quran
where they will not ˹be able to˺ live or die.
14
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
Sahih International
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
The Clear Quran
Successful indeed are those who purify themselves,
15
وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
Sahih International
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
The Clear Quran
remember the Name of their Lord, and pray.
16
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
Sahih International
But you prefer the worldly life,
The Clear Quran
But you ˹deniers only˺ prefer the life of this world,
17
وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ
Sahih International
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
The Clear Quran
even though the Hereafter is far better and more lasting.
18
إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
Sahih International
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
The Clear Quran
This is certainly ˹mentioned˺ in the earlier Scriptures—
19
صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ
Sahih International
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
The Clear Quran
the Scriptures of Abraham and Moses.