Quran Chapters

Chapter 87 : Al-A’la – 19 Verses

In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

87:1

Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,

87:2

Who has created all things and perfected them.

87:3

Who has set their destinies and guided them.
Meaning:-
Destinies: future, fate, fortune.

87:4

Who brings forth green pasture,
Meaning:-
Pasture: A tract of land that supports grass, plants, or other vegetation.

87:5

Then makes it dried up, dust-colored.

87:6

We shall make you to recite (the Quran), so you (O Muhammad) shall not forget (it),

87:7

Except what Allah wills. Surely He knows what is open and what is hidden.

87:8

We shall make it easy for you (O Muhammad) to follow the easy way.

87:9

Therefore remind (men) in case the reminder profits (them).

87:10

He who fears Allah will heed the reminder,

87:11

and he who is unfortunate will avoid it.

87:12

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

87:13

Wherein he will neither die (to be in rest) nor live (a good living).

87:14

He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself,

87:15

who remembers the name of his Lord and prays.

87:16

But O men! You prefer the life of this world;

87:17

while the Hereafter is better and everlasting.

87:18

Surely the same was said in the earlier scriptures;

87:19

the scriptures of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Musa (Moses).