96Al-Alaq

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ

Recite: In the Name of thy Lord who created,

خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ

created Man of a blood-clot.

اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ

Recite: And thy Lord is the Most Generous,

الَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ

who taught by the Pen,

عَلَّمَ الْإِنْسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ

taught Man that he knew not.

كَلَّا إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لَيَطْغَىٰ

No indeed; surely Man waxes insolent,

أَنْ رَآهُ اسْتَغْنَىٰ

for he thinks himself self-sufficient.

إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ الرُّجْعَىٰ

Surely unto thy Lord is the Returning.

أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَىٰ

What thinkest thou? He who forbids

عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰ

a servant when he prays --

أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ

What thinkest thou? If he were upon guidance

أَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوَىٰ

or bade to godfearing --

أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

What thinkest thou? If he cries lies, and turns away -

أَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَرَىٰ

Did he not know that God sees?

كَلَّا لَئِنْ لَمْ يَنْتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًا بِالنَّاصِيَةِ

No indeed; surely, if he gives not over, We shall seize him by the forelock,

نَاصِيَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ

a lying, sinful forelock.

فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُ

So let him call on his concourse!

سَنَدْعُ الزَّبَانِيَةَ

We shall call on the guards of Hell.

كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَاسْجُدْ وَاقْتَرِبْ ۩

No indeed; do thou not obey him, and bow thyself, and draw nigh.