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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 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],