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1 Glorify 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,

1 Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla

2 Who creates, then makes complete,

2 Who createth, then disposeth;

2 Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

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

3 Who measureth, then guideth;

3 Waallathee qaddara fahada

4 And Who brings forth herbage,

4 Who bringeth forth the pasturage,

4 Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

5 Then makes it dried up, dust - colored.

5 Then turneth it to russet stubble.

5 FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

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

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

6 Sanuqrioka fala tansa

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

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

7 Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa

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

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

8 Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

9 Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.

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

9 Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

10 He who fears will mind,

10 He will heed who feareth,

10 Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

11 And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,

11 But the most hapless will flout it,

11 Wayatajannabuha alashqa

12 Who shall enter the great fire;

12 He who will be flung to the great Fire

12 Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

13 Then therein he shall neither live nor die.

13 Wherein he will neither die nor live.

13 Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

14 He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself,

14 He is successful who groweth,

14 Qad aflaha man tazakka

15 And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.

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

15 Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

16 Nay! you prefer the life of this world,

16 But ye prefer the life of the world

16 Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya

17 While the hereafter is better and more lasting.

17 Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

17 Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa

18 Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,

18 Lo! This is in the former scrolls.

18 Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola

19 The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.

19 The Books of Abraham and Moses.

19 Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa