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1 Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla

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

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

2 Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

2 Who created and proportioned

2 Who creates, then makes complete,

3 Waallathee qaddara fahada

3 And who destined and [then] guided

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

4 Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

4 And who brings out the pasture

4 And Who brings forth herbage,

5 FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

5 And [then] makes it black stubble.

5 Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.

6 Sanuqrioka fala tansa

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

6 We will make you recite so you shall 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 Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.

8 Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

8 And We will ease you toward ease.

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

9 Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

9 So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

9 Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.

10 Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

10 He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.

10 He who fears will mind,

11 Wayatajannabuha alashqa

11 But the wretched one will avoid it -

11 And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,

12 Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

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

12 Who shall enter the great fire;

13 Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

13 Neither dying therein nor living.

13 Then therein he shall neither live nor die.

14 Qad aflaha man tazakka

14 He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

14 He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself,

15 Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

15 And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

15 And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.

16 Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya

16 But you prefer the worldly life,

16 Nay! you prefer the life of this world,

17 Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa

17 While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

17 While the hereafter is better and more lasting.

18 Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola

18 Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

18 Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,

19 Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa

19 The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

19 The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.