• 1. Glorify the name of thy Guardian-Lord Most High,

  • 2. Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;

  • 3. Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;

  • 4. And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,

  • 5. And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.

  • 6. By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou shalt not forget,

  • 7. Except as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is hidden.

  • 8. And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).

  • 9. Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer).

  • 10. The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):

  • 11. But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,

  • 12. Who will enter the Great Fire,

  • 13. In which they will then neither die nor live.

  • 14. But those will prosper who purify themselves,

  • 15. And glorify the name of their Guardian-Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.

  • 16. Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;

  • 17. But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

  • 18. And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation),-

  • 19. The Books of Abraham and Moses.