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سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى
The Most High • 19 verses • Medinan
الأعلى
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى
ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ
إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ
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 Madani surah, revealed in Madinah after the Prophet's ﷺ migration.
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.