سُورَةُ الأَعْلَى

Al-A'la, The Most High

The eighty-seventh surah of the Qur'an, 19 ayahs, revealed in Makkah. The Prophet ﷺ recited it at Eid and in the Friday prayer.

Green pasture turning to dark stubble under a high crescent (87:4–5)

سَبِّحِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡأَعۡلَى

Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High. (87:1)

The surah, ayah by ayah

Ayah 19Ayah 1

One stroke for each ayah, from right to left, coloured by theme. The gold stroke is ayah 1: “exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High”. Tap a colour to open its theme.

Three themes

Each opens its own map, with its ayahs, the hadith that explain them, and the classical tafsir.

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