87. Al-A'la
19 verses
الأعلى
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ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡأَعۡلَى
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High
ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Who created all things and fashioned them in good proportion
وَٱلَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
Who determined and guided them
وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَخۡرَجَ
Who brought forth the pasture
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً
and then made it into a blackish straw
سَنُقۡرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ
We shall make you recite and then you will not forget
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ إِنَّهُۥ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡجَهۡرَ وَمَا يَخۡفَىٰ
except what Allah should wish. He knows all that is manifest and all that is hidden
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلۡيُسۡرَىٰ
We shall ease you to follow the way of Ease
فَذَكِّرۡ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ
So render good counsel if good counsel will avail
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰ
He who fears (Allah) shall heed it
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا
but the wretched will turn away from it
ٱلَّذِي يَصۡلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ
He will be cast into the Great Fire
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحۡيَىٰ
Then he will neither die in it, nor live
قَدۡ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
He who purified himself shall prosper
وَذَكَرَ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
remembering his Lord's name and praying
بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا
No; but you prefer the present life
وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرࣱ وَأَبۡقَىٰٓ
whereas the Hereafter is better and more enduring
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي ٱلۡأُولَىٰ
This, indeed, was in the ancient Scrolls
إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ
the Scrolls of Abraham and Moses
English translation of meaning: Sayyid Abul A'la Maududi. Malayalam translation: Cheriyamundam Abdul Hameed & Kunhi Mohammed Parappoor. Arabic (Uthmani) and translations sourced from Tanzil.net.