Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Sanuqrioka fala tansa
We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,
Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa
Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.
Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya
Neither dying therein nor living.
Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya
But you prefer the worldly life,
Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,