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1EXTOL the limitless glory of thy Sustainer's name: [the glory of] the Al-Highest,

2who creates [every thing], and thereupon forms it in accordance with what it is meant to be,

3and who determines the nature [of all that exists], and thereupon guides it [towards its fulfilment],

4and who brings forth herbage,

5and thereupon causes it to decay into rust-brown stubble!

6WE SHALL teach thee, and thou wilt not forget [aught of what thou art taught],

7save what God may will [thee to forget] - for, verily, He [alone] knows all that is open to [man's] perception as well as all that is hidden [from it]

8and [thus] shall We make easy for thee the path towards [ultimate] ease.

9REMIND, THEN, [others of the truth, regardless of] whether this reminding [would seem to] be of use [or not]:

10in mind will keep it he who stands in awe [of God],

11but aloof from it will remain that most hapless wretch –

12he who [in the life to come] shall have to endure the great fire

13wherein he will neither die nor remain alive.

14To happiness [in the life to come] will indeed attain he who attains to purity [in this world],

15and remembers his Sustainer's name, and prays [unto Him].