سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,Saheeh International
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,Saheeh International
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Who created and proportionedSaheeh International
وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
And who destined and [then] guidedSaheeh International
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ
And who brings out the pastureSaheeh International
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ
And [then] makes it black stubble.Saheeh International
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ
We will make you recite, [O Muḥammad], and you will not forget,Saheeh International
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
Except what Allāh should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.Saheeh International
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
And We will ease you toward ease.Saheeh International
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;Saheeh International
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
He who fears [Allāh] will be reminded.Saheeh International
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى
But the wretched one will avoid itSaheeh International
ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,Saheeh International
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
Neither dying therein nor living.Saheeh International
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himselfSaheeh International
وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.Saheeh International
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
But you prefer the worldly life,Saheeh International
وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.Saheeh International
إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,Saheeh International
صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.Saheeh International
Al-A'la commands: exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High, who created and proportioned, destined and guided. It reassures the Prophet ﷺ that he will be made to recite and not forget, and declares that the successful is the one who purifies himself, remembers his Lord, and prays — while people prefer the fleeting life.
Al-A'la (الأعلى) means "The Most High" in English. It is chapter 87 of the Holy Quran.
Surah Al-A'la has 19 verses (ayat). It appears on pages 591 to 592 of the mushaf.
Surah Al-A'la is a Makki surah, revealed in Makkah before the Prophet's ﷺ migration to Madinah.