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

1 Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla

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

2 Who creates, then makes complete,

2 Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

2 Who created and proportioned

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

3 Waallathee qaddara fahada

3 And who destined and [then] guided

4 And Who brings forth herbage,

4 Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

4 And who brings out the pasture

5 Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.

5 FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

5 And [then] makes it black stubble.

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

6 Sanuqrioka fala tansa

6 We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will 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 Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.

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

8 Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

8 And We will ease you toward ease.

9 Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.

9 Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

9 So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

10 He who fears will mind,

10 Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

10 He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.

11 And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,

11 Wayatajannabuha alashqa

11 But the wretched one will avoid it -

12 Who shall enter the great fire;

12 Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

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

13 Then therein he shall neither live nor die.

13 Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

13 Neither dying therein nor living.

14 He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself,

14 Qad aflaha man tazakka

14 He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

15 And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.

15 Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

15 And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

16 Nay! you prefer the life of this world,

16 Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya

16 But you prefer the worldly life,

17 While the hereafter is better and more lasting.

17 Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa

17 While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

18 Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,

18 Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola

18 Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

19 The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.

19 Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa

19 The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.