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Tafsir of Surah Al-A'la (87) — The Most High · الأعلى

Meccan surah, 19 ayat. Read the whole surah

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Al-A'la 87:1

سَبِّحِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡأَعۡلَى

Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High

Tafsir 87:1

Declare the transcendence of your Lord Who is High above His creation, by uttering His Name when you remember and revere Him.

Al-A'la 87:2

ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

Who created and proportioned

Tafsir 87:2

The One Who created man in due proportion and balanced his stature.

Al-A'la 87:3

وَٱلَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

And who destined and [then] guided

Tafsir 87:3

The One Who determined for all created things their species, types and attributes and Who guided every creation to what is appropriate and suitable for it.

Al-A'la 87:4

وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَخۡرَجَ ٱلۡمَرۡعَىٰ

And who brings out the pasture

Tafsir 87:4

The One Who brought out from the earth what your animals graze on.

Al-A'la 87:5

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحۡوَىٰ

And [then] makes it black stubble

Tafsir 87:5

The He made it into dry blackish straw after it had been green and fresh.

Al-A'la 87:6

سَنُقۡرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ

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

Tafsir 87:6

I will teach you, O Messenger, the Qur’ān, and gather it in your chest so you do not forget it. So do not race with Gabriel in the recitation as you used to do with the desire that you do not forget it.

Al-A'la 87:7

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡجَهۡرَ وَمَا يَخۡفَىٰ

Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden

Tafsir 87:7

Except for what Allah wishes you to forget for some reason. He (may He be glorified) knows what is made public and what is hidden. Nothing of that is hidden from Him.

Al-A'la 87:8

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلۡيُسۡرَىٰ

And We will ease you toward ease

Tafsir 87:8

I will make it easy for you to do actions that please Allah and enter you into Paradise.

Al-A'la 87:9

فَذَكِّرۡ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ

So remind, if the reminder should benefit

Tafsir 87:9

So give counsel to people with the Qur’ān that I reveal to you and remind them as long as the reminder is heard.

Al-A'la 87:10

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰ

He who fears [Allah] will be reminded

Tafsir 87:10

The one who fears Allah will pay heed to your counsel, because he is the one who benefits from counsel.

Al-A'la 87:11

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى

But the wretched one will avoid it

Tafsir 87:11

The disbeliever will keep away and alienate himself from the counsel, because he is the most wretched person in the afterlife as he will enter the Fire.

Al-A'la 87:12

ٱلَّذِي يَصۡلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ

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

Tafsir 87:12

The one who will enter the great Fire of the afterlife to suffer and bear its heat forever.

Al-A'la 87:13

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحۡيَىٰ

Neither dying therein nor living

Tafsir 87:13

Then he will remain forever in the Fire without dying therein and being relieved of the punishment he suffers from, and without living a good and decent life.

Al-A'la 87:14

قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

Tafsir 87:14

The one who purified himself from idolatry and sins has attained the objective.

Al-A'la 87:15

وَذَكَرَ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ

And mentions the name of his Lord and prays

Tafsir 87:15

Who remembered his Lord by the various forms of remembrance that He ordained. Who discharged the prayer in the required manner.

Al-A'la 87:16

بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا

But you prefer the worldly life

Tafsir 87:16

But, you give preference to the worldly life and prefer it over the afterlife despite the huge disparity between them.

Al-A'la 87:17

وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرٞ وَأَبۡقَىٰٓ

While the Hereafter is better and more enduring

Tafsir 87:17

The Hereafter is indeed, better and superior to the world and the enjoyments and pleasures it contains, and it is more lasting, because the bliss it contains does not ever end.

Al-A'la 87:18

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ

Indeed, this is in the former scriptures

Tafsir 87:18

These instructions and stories that I mentioned to you are in the scriptures revealed before you.

Al-A'la 87:19

صُحُفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ

The scriptures of Abraham and Moses

Tafsir 87:19

These are the scriptures revealed to Abraham and Moses (peace be upon them).

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