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The Holy Quran · 87

Al-A'la (The Most High)

الأعلى

19 ayahs · Meccan

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

1. Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High, 2. Who created and proportioned 3. And who destined and [then] guided 4. And who brings out the pasture 5. And [then] makes it black stubble. 6. We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget, 7. Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden. 8. And We will ease you toward ease. 9. So remind, if the reminder should benefit; 10. He who fears [Allah] will be reminded. 11. But the wretched one will avoid it - 12. [He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire, 13. Neither dying therein nor living. 14. He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself 15. And mentions the name of his Lord and prays. 16. But you prefer the worldly life, 17. While the Hereafter is better and more enduring. 18. Indeed, this is in the former scriptures, 19. The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

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About Surah Al-A'la: place, order and how to read it

Surah Al-A'la (The Most High) is chapter 87 of the Quran and has 19 verses, making it a short surah. It was revealed in Mecca, before the migration to Medina, and it is number 8 in the chronological order of revelation. It falls in juz 30. It occupies 2 pages of the mushaf, from page 591 to page 592.

Where it sits in the mushaf

It is preceded by Surah At-Tariq and followed by Surah Al-Ghashiyah. Like every surah except At-Tawbah, it opens with the Basmalah. This surah contains no verse of prostration.

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