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1 Exalt 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 created and proportioned

2 Who createth, then disposeth;

2 Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

3 And who destined and [then] guided

3 Who measureth, then guideth;

3 Waallathee qaddara fahada

4 And who brings out the pasture

4 Who bringeth forth the pasturage,

4 Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

5 And [then] makes it black stubble.

5 Then turneth it to russet stubble.

5 FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

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

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

6 Sanuqrioka fala tansa

7 Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared 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 ease you toward ease.

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

8 Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

9 So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

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

9 Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

10 He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.

10 He will heed who feareth,

10 Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

11 But the wretched one will avoid it -

11 But the most hapless will flout it,

11 Wayatajannabuha alashqa

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

12 He who will be flung to the great Fire

12 Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

13 Neither dying therein nor living.

13 Wherein he will neither die nor live.

13 Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

14 He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

14 He is successful who groweth,

14 Qad aflaha man tazakka

15 And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

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

15 Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

16 But you prefer the worldly life,

16 But ye prefer the life of the world

16 Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya

17 While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

17 Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

17 Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa

18 Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

18 Lo! This is in the former scrolls.

18 Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola

19 The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

19 The Books of Abraham and Moses.

19 Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa