Al-A'la

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

1. 87:1

   سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى

   Sabbihisma Rabbikal A'laa

   Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

2. 87:2

   الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

   Allazee khalaqa fasawwaa

   Who created and proportioned

3. 87:3

   وَالَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

   Wallazee qaddara fahadaa

   And who destined and [then] guided

4. 87:4

   وَالَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعَىٰ

   Wallazeee akhrajal mar'aa

   And who brings out the pasture

5. 87:5

   فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَاءً أَحْوَىٰ

   Faja'alahoo ghusaaa'an ahwaa

   And [then] makes it black stubble.

6. 87:6

   سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰ

   Sanuqri'uka falaa tansaaa

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

7. 87:7

   إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ

   Illaa maa shaaa'al laah; innahoo ya'lamul jahra wa maa yakhfaa

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

8. 87:8

   وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

   Wa nu-yassiruka lilyusraa

   And We will ease you toward ease.

9. 87:9

   فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ الذِّكْرَىٰ

   Fazakkir in nafa'atizzikraa

   So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

10. 87:10

    سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ

    Sa yazzakkaru maiyakhshaa

    He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.

11. 87:11

    وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى

    Wa yatajannabuhal ashqaa

    But the wretched one will avoid it -

12. 87:12

    الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرَىٰ

    Allazee yaslan Naaral kubraa

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

13. 87:13

    ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ

    Summa laa yamootu feehaa wa laa yahyaa

    Neither dying therein nor living.

14. 87:14

    قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

    Qad aflaha man tazakkaa

    He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

15. 87:15

    وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ

    Wa zakaras ma Rabbihee fasallaa

    And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

16. 87:16

    بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

    Bal tu'siroonal hayaatad dunyaa

    But you prefer the worldly life,

17. 87:17

    وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ

    Wal Aakhiratu khairunw wa abqaa

    While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

18. 87:18

    إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَىٰ

    Inna haazaa lafis suhu fil oolaa

    Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

19. 87:19

    صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

    Suhufi Ibraaheema wa Moosaa

    The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.