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1 Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla

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

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

2 Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

2 Who created and proportioned

2 Who createth, then disposeth;

3 Waallathee qaddara fahada

3 And who destined and [then] guided

3 Who measureth, then guideth;

4 Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

4 And who brings out the pasture

4 Who bringeth forth the pasturage,

5 FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

5 And [then] makes it black stubble.

5 Then turneth it to russet stubble.

6 Sanuqrioka fala tansa

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

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

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.

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

8 Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

8 And We will ease you toward ease.

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

9 Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

9 So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

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

10 Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

10 He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.

10 He will heed who feareth,

11 Wayatajannabuha alashqa

11 But the wretched one will avoid it -

11 But the most hapless will flout it,

12 Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

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

12 He who will be flung to the great Fire

13 Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

13 Neither dying therein nor living.

13 Wherein he will neither die nor live.

14 Qad aflaha man tazakka

14 He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

14 He is successful who groweth,

15 Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

15 And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

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

16 Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya

16 But you prefer the worldly life,

16 But ye prefer the life of the world

17 Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa

17 While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

17 Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

18 Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola

18 Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

18 Lo! This is in the former scrolls.

19 Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa

19 The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

19 The Books of Abraham and Moses.