Al A'la

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

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1 Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla

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2 Who created and proportioned

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2 Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

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3 And who destined and [then] guided

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3 Waallathee qaddara fahada

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4 And who brings out the pasture

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4 Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

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5 And [then] makes it black stubble.

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5 FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

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

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6 Sanuqrioka fala tansa

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

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7 Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa

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8 And We will ease you toward ease.

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8 Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

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9 So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

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9 Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

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10 He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.

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10 Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

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11 But the wretched one will avoid it -

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11 Wayatajannabuha alashqa

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

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12 Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

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13 Neither dying therein nor living.

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13 Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

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14 He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

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14 Qad aflaha man tazakka

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15 And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

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15 Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

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16 But you prefer the worldly life,

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16 Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya

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17 While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

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17 Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa

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18 Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

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18 Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola

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19 The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

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19 Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa