Surah 087

Al-Aʿlā

الأعلى

19 verses · Meccan

Key structural observations

The surah is structured around a revaluation of height: what withers cannot truly elevate, so ascent is detached from what fades and tied to what is khayr wa abqā.
Its movement builds an inner staircase (purification, remembrance, prayer) by which the soul rises through reduction, not accumulation.
The surah therefore places all striving under the name Al-Aʿlā: only humility beneath the Most High rescues the heart from climbing summits that are already dying.

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

وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ