Surah Al-A'la, Ayah 18 (87:18)

ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

Quran 87:18 is ayah 18 of Surah Al-A'la (“The Most High”), a Meccan surah of 19 ayahs. It is in Juz 30, on page 592 of the Madani Mushaf.

87:18
إِنَّهَٰذَالَفِىٱلصُّحُفِٱلْأُولَىٰ١٨
inna hādhā lafī l-ṣuḥufi l-ūlā

Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,(18)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  2. هَٰذَاhādhāthis
  3. لَفِىlafīsurely (is) in
  4. ٱلصُّحُفِl-ṣuḥufithe Scriptures
  5. ٱلْأُولَىٰl-ūlā[the] former

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