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

1 Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla

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

2 Who created and proportioned

2 Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

2 Who creates, then makes complete,

3 And who destined and [then] guided

3 Waallathee qaddara fahada

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

4 And who brings out the pasture

4 Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

4 And Who brings forth herbage,

5 And [then] makes it black stubble.

5 FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

5 Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.

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

6 Sanuqrioka fala tansa

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

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

7 Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa

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

8 And We will ease you toward ease.

8 Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

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

9 So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

9 Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

9 Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.

10 He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.

10 Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

10 He who fears will mind,

11 But the wretched one will avoid it -

11 Wayatajannabuha alashqa

11 And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,

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

12 Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

12 Who shall enter the great fire;

13 Neither dying therein nor living.

13 Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

13 Then therein he shall neither live nor die.

14 He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

14 Qad aflaha man tazakka

14 He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself,

15 And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

15 Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

15 And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.

16 But you prefer the worldly life,

16 Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya

16 Nay! you prefer the life of this world,

17 While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

17 Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa

17 While the hereafter is better and more lasting.

18 Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

18 Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola

18 Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,

19 The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

19 Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa

19 The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.