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Praise be to God—the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden; the Subduer, the Self-Subsisting, the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing; the Victorious, the Preserver, the Judge, the Ordainer—He Who createth what He willeth by His command, “Be”, and it is.

Say: All are His worshippers. Say: All prostrate themselves before Him. Say: All are unto Him devoutly obedient. Say: All labour in His path. Say: All rise up at His behest. Say: All are before Him lowly and submissive. Say: All stand before Him in humble awe. Say: All stand firm by His leave. Say: All praise Him. Say: All give thanks unto Him. Say: All make mention of Him. Say: Through Him do all submit. Say: Through Him do all believe. Say: Through Him do all attain certitude. Say: Through Him do all seek refuge. Say: Through Him do all find their abiding-place. Say: Through Him do all attain. Say: Through Him do all glorify. Say: Through Him do all confess His oneness. Say: Through Him do all hallow Him. Say: Through Him do all magnify Him. Say: Through Him do all exalt Him. Say: Through Him do all possess whatsoever they possess. Say: Through Him do all show patience.

Say: All proceed from God. Say: Unto Him do all return. Say: Within Him do all dwell. Say: Unto Him do all repair. Say: Unto Him shall all be gathered. Say: Unto Him shall all be brought back. Say: Unto Him shall all be turned.

Say: God is my Lord—He Who bringeth into being, in the beginning and in the end. Upon Him have I relied; and in God, let all who trust, place their trust.

Say: God is my Lord—He shall guard me by His command from before me and from behind me, on my right hand and on my left, above my head and beneath my feet, and from every quarter to which aught may be ascribed unto me, and from whatsoever may be ascribed unto me from all things; for He, in truth, is the Mighty, the Protector.

He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them; He is the All-Mighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious, the All-High, the All-Compelling, the Subduer, the Sovereign, the Preserver, the All-Dominant, the All-Magnificent, the All-Powerful, the Ever-Near, the All-Prior, the All-Bountiful, the All-Manifest, the All-Majestic, the Inaccessible, the Peerless, the All-Glorified, the Most Holy, the All-Merciful, the Most Compassionate, the Most Tender, the All-Encompassing, the All-Luminous, the All-Bounteous, the Immeasurable.

Say: He is the All-Glorious, the Most Exalted, the Most Beautiful, the Most Great, the Most Luminous, the Most Merciful, the Most Near, the Most Perfect, the Most Mighty, the Most Secure, the Most Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Pleasing, the Most Beloved, the Most Noble, the All-Possessing, the Ever-Abiding, the Most High, the Most Ancient, the Most Generous, the Strongest, the Most Upright, the Most Wise, the Most Manifest, the Most Intense, the Most Subduing, the Most Exalted, the Most Steadfast—the Creator of all things by His command; and He, verily, is powerful over all things.

Unto God belongeth the wondrous origination of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and God hath ever been a Watcher over all things.

Whoso hath no portion therein shall have no justice in his days; let him, then, inscribe his ultimate end for God, and let him covenant to deliver it unto the Point, that God may recompense him, on the Day of Resurrection, by His mercy. Verily, He is, of all things, all-knowing.

Unto God belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and God hath ever been powerful over all things.

Unto God belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and God hath ever been powerful over all things.

Unto God belongeth the exaltation of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and God is, in very truth, the Most High, the Most High.

Unto God belongeth the splendour of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and God is, in very truth, all-glorious, all-glorious.

Unto God belong the signs of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and God is, in very truth, the Possessor of a guardianship tremendous.

Unto God belongeth the realm of might (jabarut) of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and God is the Living, the Self-Subsisting, the Eternal, the All-Glorious.