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1 Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,

1 Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,

2 Who creates, then makes complete,

2 Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

2 Who createth, then disposeth;

3 And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to their goal),

3 Waallathee qaddara fahada

3 Who measureth, then guideth;

4 And Who brings forth herbage,

4 Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

4 Who bringeth forth the pasturage,

5 Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.

5 FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

5 Then turneth it to russet stubble.

6 We will make you recite so you shall not forget,

6 Sanuqrioka fala tansa

6 We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget

7 Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.

7 Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa

7 Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;

8 And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.

8 Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

8 And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.

9 Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.

9 Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

9 Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.

10 He who fears will mind,

10 Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

10 He will heed who feareth,

11 And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,

11 Wayatajannabuha alashqa

11 But the most hapless will flout it,

12 Who shall enter the great fire;

12 Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

12 He who will be flung to the great Fire

13 Then therein he shall neither live nor die.

13 Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

13 Wherein he will neither die nor live.

14 He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself,

14 Qad aflaha man tazakka

14 He is successful who groweth,

15 And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.

15 Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

15 And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,

16 Nay! you prefer the life of this world,

16 Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya

16 But ye prefer the life of the world

17 While the hereafter is better and more lasting.

17 Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa

17 Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

18 Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,

18 Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola

18 Lo! This is in the former scrolls.

19 The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.

19 Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa

19 The Books of Abraham and Moses.