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In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Inaccessible.

Unto God appertaineth the whole of the Cause, in the beginning and in the end, and God hath ever been powerful over all things. Unto God belongeth all might and honour, in the beginning and in the end, and God hath ever been the Sustainer of all things. Unto God belongeth the realm of Divinity of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them; and God, in very truth, is a God, one, single, peerless, self-sufficient, living, self-subsisting, standing, subduing, the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden, ever-abiding, all-knowing, all-watchful. Glorified art Thou, O my God! Bestow upon us that which beseemeth the marvels of Thy mercy; Thou, verily, art the best of those who show mercy. And send down, O my God, Thy blessings upon Muhammad and the kindred of Muhammad at all times.

In the Name of God, the All-Merciful, He Whose aid is sought.

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thee alone do we worship at every moment. Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thee alone do we bow down before at every moment. Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thee alone do we stand in devout obedience unto at every moment. Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thee alone do we submit ourselves unto at every moment. Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thee alone do we show humble reverence unto at every moment. Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thee alone do we beseech at every moment. Glorified art Thou, O my God! Towards Thee alone do we turn in longing at every moment, before time and after time.

In the Name of God, the Subduer of all things, the All-Manifest.

Praise be to God, Who hath created the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them through His command, “Be”, and it is. Unto God belongeth the splendour of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and lo, all are His worshippers. Unto God belongeth the majesty of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and lo, all fall prostrate before Him. Unto God belongeth the beauty of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and lo, all are His worshippers. Unto God belongeth all greatness in the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and lo, all labour in His path. Unto God belongeth the light of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and lo, all are before Him lowly and submissive. Unto God belongeth the wondrous origination of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them: He createth what He willeth by His command, and God hath ever been powerful over all things.

In the Name of God, the Most Exalted, the Inaccessible.

Unto God belongeth the splendour of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and God is, in very truth, the Possessor of a splendour all-glorious. Unto God belongeth the radiance of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and God is, in very truth, the Possessor of a radiance all-illumining. Unto God belong the measures of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and God hath ever been powerful over all things. Unto God belong the hosts of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and God hath ever been strong, all-mighty. Unto God belongeth the Standard of loftiness in the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them: He aideth whomsoever He willeth by His command, and God hath ever been Almighty and All-Wise.