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| 1. * | EXTOL the limitless glory of thy Sustainer's name:[the glory of] the Al-Highest, |
| 2. * | who creates [every thing], and thereupon forms it in accordance with with what it is meant to be,* |
| 3. * | and who determines the nature [of all that exists],* and thereupon guides it [towards its fulfilment], |
| 4. * | and who brings forth herbage, |
| 5. * | and thereupon causes it to decay into rust-brown stubble!* |
| 6. * | WE SHALL teach thee, and thou wilt not forget [aught of what thou art taught], |
| 7. * | save 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]* -: |
| 8. * | and [thus] shall We make easy for thee the path towards [ultimate] ease.* |
| 9. * | REMIND, THEN, [others of the truth, regardless of] whether this reminding [would seem to] be of use [or not]:* |
| 10. * | in mind will keep it he who stands in awe [of God], |
| 11. * | but aloof from it will remain that most hapless wretch - |
| 12. * | he who [in the life to come] shall have to endure the great fire |
| 13. * | wherein he will neither die nor remain alive.* |
| 14. * | To happiness [in the life to come] will indeed attain he who attains to purity [in this world], |
| 15. * | and remembers his Sustainer's name, and prays [unto Him]. |
| 16. * | But nay, [O men,] you prefer the life of this world, |
| 17. * | although the life to come is better and more enduring. |
| 18. * | Verily, [all] this has indeed been [said] in the earlier revelations - |
| 19. * | the revelations of Abraham and Moses.* |