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Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla

Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,

Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

Who created and fashioned in due proportion,

Waallathee qaddara fahada

and Who determined [the creation] then inspired them,

Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

and Who brings forth the pasture,

FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

then makes it into withered chaff.

Sanuqrioka fala tansa

We will teach you [the Qur’an], so you will not forget,

Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa

except what Allah wills[1], for indeed He knows what is manifest and what is hidden.

Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

We will guide you to the easy way[2].

Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

So remind, if the reminder should benefit[3].

Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

He who fears Allah will take heed,

Wayatajannabuha alashqa

but the wretched will avoid it,

Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

who will enter the Great Fire,

Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

wherein he will neither die nor live.

Qad aflaha man tazakka

Indeed, he who purifies himself will attain success,

Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

and remembers his Lord’s Name and prays.

Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya

But you prefer the life of this world,

Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa

even though the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola

Indeed, this was in the earlier Scriptures,

Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa

the Scriptures of Abraham and Moses.