Surah Al-A'laa (The Most High)

19 Verse(s) • Surah number 87 • Meccan

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى


11. But the wretched one will avoid it -

الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرَىٰ


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

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ


13. Neither dying therein nor living.

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ تَزَكَّىٰ


14. He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ


15. And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا


16. But you prefer the worldly life,

وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ


17. While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَىٰ


18. Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ


19. The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.