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

1 Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla

2 Who created and proportioned

2 Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

3 And who destined and [then] guided

3 Waallathee qaddara fahada

4 And who brings out the pasture

4 Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

5 And [then] makes it black stubble.

5 FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

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

6 Sanuqrioka fala tansa

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

8 And We will ease you toward ease.

8 Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

9 So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

9 Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

10 He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.

10 Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

11 But the wretched one will avoid it -

11 Wayatajannabuha alashqa

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

12 Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

13 Neither dying therein nor living.

13 Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

14 He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

14 Qad aflaha man tazakka

15 And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

15 Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

16 But you prefer the worldly life,

16 Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya

17 While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

17 Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa

18 Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

18 Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola

19 The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

19 Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa