Read Surah Al-A'la — Full Text with Transliteration

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى87:1

   Sabbihisma Rabbikal A'laa

   Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

2. ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ87:2

   Allazee khalaqa fasawwaa

   Who created and proportioned

3. وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ87:3

   Wallazee qaddara fahadaa

   And who destined and [then] guided

4. وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ87:4

   Wallazeee akhrajal mar'aa

   And who brings out the pasture

5. فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ87:5

   Faja'alahoo ghusaaa'an ahwaa

   And [then] makes it black stubble.

6. سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ87:6

   Sanuqri'uka falaa tansaaa

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

7. إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ87:7

   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. وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ87:8

   Wa nu-yassiruka lilyusraa

   And We will ease you toward ease.

9. فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ87:9

   Fazakkir in nafa'atizzikraa

   So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

10. سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ87:10

    Sa yazzakkaru maiyakhshaa

    He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.

11. وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى87:11

    Wa yatajannabuhal ashqaa

    But the wretched one will avoid it -

12. ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ87:12

    Allazee yaslan Naaral kubraa

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

13. ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ87:13

    Summa laa yamootu feehaa wa laa yahyaa

    Neither dying therein nor living.

14. قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ87:14

    Qad aflaha man tazakkaa

    He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

15. وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ87:15

    Wa zakaras ma Rabbihee fasallaa

    And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

16. بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا87:16

    Bal tu'siroonal hayaatad dunyaa

    But you prefer the worldly life,

17. وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ87:17

    Wal Aakhiratu khairunw wa abqaa

    While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

18. إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ87:18

    Inna haazaa lafis suhu fil oolaa

    Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

19. صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ87:19

    Suhufi Ibraaheema wa Moosaa

    The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.