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

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,

1 Glorify the name of thy Guardian - Lord Most High,

2 Who created and proportioned

2 Who has created (everything), and then proportioned it.

2 Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;

3 And who destined and [then] guided

3 And Who has measured (preordainments for everything even to be blessed or wretched); and then guided (i.e. showed mankind the right as well as the wrong paths, and guided the animals to pasture).

3 Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;

4 And who brings out the pasture

4 And Who brings out the pasturage,

4 And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,

5 And [then] makes it black stubble.

5 And then makes it dark stubble.

5 And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.

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

6 We shall make you to recite (the Qur'an), so you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) shall not forget (it),

6 By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt not forget,

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

7 Except what Allah may will. He knows what is apparent and what is hidden.

7 Except as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden.

8 And We will ease you toward ease.

8 And We shall make easy for you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the easy way (i.e. the doing of righteous deeds).

8 And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).

9 So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

9 Therefore remind (men) in case the reminder profits (them).

9 Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).

10 He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.

10 The reminder will be received by him who fears (Allah),

10 The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):

11 But the wretched one will avoid it -

11 But it will be avoided by the wretched,

11 But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,

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

12 Who will enter the great Fire (and will be made to taste its burning).

12 Who will enter the Great Fire,

13 Neither dying therein nor living.

13 There he will neither die (to be in rest) nor live (a good living).

13 In which they will then neither die nor live.

14 He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

14 Indeed whosoever purifies himself (by avoiding polytheism and accepting Islamic Monotheism) shall achieve success,

14 But those will prosper who purify themselves,

15 And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

15 And remembers (glorifies) the Name of his Lord (worships none but Allah), and prays (five compulsory prayers and Nawafil - additional prayers).

15 And glorify the name of their Guardian - Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.

16 But you prefer the worldly life,

16 Nay, you prefer the life of this world,

16 Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;

17 While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

17 Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

17 But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

18 Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

18 Verily, this is in the former Scriptures -

18 And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation), -

19 The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

19 The Scriptures of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Musa (Moses) (عليهما السلام).

19 The Books of Abraham and Moses.