Al-A'la 87
The Most HighHow to read the Hangul
الرَّحْمَٰنِ르r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀
- Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
- Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
- Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
- Small Latin letter = a sound Korean lacks, on the next syllable: f upper teeth on lower lip · θ/ð tongue tip between the teeth · r rolled tongue tip (a bare ㄹ is l).
How to read the Hangul
beginning the Christ salvation
- Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
- Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
- Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
- Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
- Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.
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About this surah
Classed as a Meccan sura, it opens with a command to glorify the name of the Lord, the Most High, who created and proportioned, determined and guided, and who brings out green pasture only to turn it into dark stubble. The one addressed is then promised, 'We will make you recite, and you will not forget,' along with being eased toward ease, and is told to remind people when reminding benefits. Two responses follow: whoever fears God takes the reminder, while the most wretched avoids it and burns in the greatest Fire, where he neither dies nor lives. Success belongs to the one who purifies himself, remembers his Lord's name and prays. The sura observes that people prefer the life of this world although the Hereafter is better and more lasting, and closes by saying this message is also found in the scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
- Glorifying the Most High
- Recitation and memory
- Purifying the self
- This world and the Hereafter
The name It is named after the divine title 'the Most High' (al-A'la) in verse 1: 'Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High.'
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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1
سَبِّحِ삽비히 اسْمَ스마 رَبِّكَr랍비칼 الْأَعْلَى아을라
Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
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2
الَّذِي알라ð디 خَلَقَ칼라까 فَسَوَّىٰf파사우와
who created and proportioned,
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3
وَالَّذِي왈라ð디 قَدَّرَ깟다r라 فَهَدَىٰf파하다
and who determined and guided,
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وَالَّذِي왈라ð디 أَخْرَجَ아흐r라잘 الْمَرْعَىٰ마r르아
and who brings forth the pasture,
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فَجَعَلَهُf파자알라후 غُثَاءً구θ사안 أَحْوَىٰ아흐와
and then makes it dark stubble.
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6
سَنُقْرِئُكَ사누끄r리우카 فَلَاf팔라 تَنْسَىٰ탄사
We will make you recite, and you will not forget,
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7
إِلَّا일라 مَا마 شَاءَ샤알 اللَّهُ라후 ۚ إِنَّهُ인나후 يَعْلَمُ야을라물 الْجَهْرَ자흐r라 وَمَا와마 يَخْفَىٰ야흐f파
except what God wills. Indeed He knows what is declared and what is hidden.
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وَنُيَسِّرُكَ와누얏시r루카 لِلْيُسْرَىٰ릴유스r라
And We will ease you toward ease.
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فَذَكِّرْf파ð닥키r르 إِنْ인 نَفَعَتِ나f파아팃 الذِّكْرَىٰð디크r라
So remind, if the reminder benefits.
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10
سَيَذَّكَّرُ사얏ð닥카r루 مَنْ만 يَخْشَىٰ야흐샤
He who fears [God] will be reminded.
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وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا와야타잔나부할 الْأَشْقَى아시까
But the most wretched one will avoid it —
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12
الَّذِي알라ð디 يَصْلَى야슬란 النَّارَ나r랄 الْكُبْرَىٰ쿠브r라
he who will burn in the greatest Fire,
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13
ثُمَّθ숨마 لَا라 يَمُوتُ야무투 فِيهَاf피하 وَلَا왈라 يَحْيَىٰ야흐야
in which he will neither die nor live.
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14
قَدْ까드 أَفْلَحَ아f플라하 مَنْ만 تَزَكَّىٰ타작카
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself,
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15
وَذَكَرَ와ð다카r라 اسْمَ스마 رَبِّهِr랍비히 فَصَلَّىٰf파살라
and remembers the name of his Lord and prays.
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16
بَلْ발 تُؤْثِرُونَ투으θ시r루날 الْحَيَاةَ하야탓 الدُّنْيَا둔야
But you prefer the life of this world,
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وَالْآخِرَةُ왈아키r라투 خَيْرٌ카이r룬 وَأَبْقَىٰ와압까
while the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
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18
إِنَّ인나 هَٰذَا하ð다 لَفِي라f핏 الصُّحُفِ수후f필 الْأُولَىٰ울라
Indeed this is in the former scriptures,
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صُحُفِ수후f피 إِبْرَاهِيمَ이브r라히마 وَمُوسَىٰ와무사
the scriptures of Abraham and Moses.