96Al-Alaq

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ

Recite in the name of your Lord Who created,

خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ

created man from a clot of congealed blood.

اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ

Recite: and your Lord is Most Generous,

الَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ

Who taught by the pen,

عَلَّمَ الْإِنْسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ

taught man what he did not know.

كَلَّا إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لَيَطْغَىٰ

Nay, surely man transgresses;

أَنْ رَآهُ اسْتَغْنَىٰ

for he believes himself to be self-sufficient.

إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ الرُّجْعَىٰ

Surely to your Lord is your return.

أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَىٰ

Did you see him who forbids

عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰ

a servant (of Allah) when he prays?

أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ

Did you consider: what if he is on the Right Way,

أَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوَىٰ

and enjoins piety?

أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

Did you consider: what if he gives the lie (to the Truth) and turns away (from it)?

أَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَرَىٰ

Does he not know that Allah sees everything?

كَلَّا لَئِنْ لَمْ يَنْتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًا بِالنَّاصِيَةِ

No indeed; if he does not desist, We shall drag him by the forelock;

نَاصِيَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ

by the lying forelock steeped in sin.

فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُ

So let him summon his helpmates;

سَنَدْعُ الزَّبَانِيَةَ

We too shall summon the guards of Hell.

كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَاسْجُدْ وَاقْتَرِبْ ۩

No, not at all. Never obey him. But prostrate yourself and become nigh (to your Lord).