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1 Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla

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

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

2 Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

2 Who creates, then makes complete,

2 Who created and proportioned

3 Waallathee qaddara fahada

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

3 And who destined and [then] guided

4 Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

4 And Who brings forth herbage,

4 And who brings out the pasture

5 FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

5 Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.

5 And [then] makes it black stubble.

6 Sanuqrioka fala tansa

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

6 We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,

7 Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa

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

7 Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.

8 Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

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

8 And We will ease you toward ease.

9 Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

9 Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.

9 So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

10 Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

10 He who fears will mind,

10 He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.

11 Wayatajannabuha alashqa

11 And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,

11 But the wretched one will avoid it -

12 Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

12 Who shall enter the great fire;

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

13 Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

13 Then therein he shall neither live nor die.

13 Neither dying therein nor living.

14 Qad aflaha man tazakka

14 He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself,

14 He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

15 Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

15 And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.

15 And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

16 Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya

16 Nay! you prefer the life of this world,

16 But you prefer the worldly life,

17 Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa

17 While the hereafter is better and more lasting.

17 While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

18 Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola

18 Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,

18 Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

19 Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa

19 The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.

19 The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.