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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
Iqra bismi rab bikal lazee khalaq
Recite in the name of your Lord who created -
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خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ
Khalaqal insaana min 'alaq
Created man from a clinging substance.
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ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ
Iqra wa rab bukal akram
Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous -
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ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ
Al lazee 'allama bil qalam
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عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
'Al lamal insaana ma lam y'alam
Taught man that which he knew not.
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كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ
Kallaa innal insaana layatghaa
No! [But] indeed, man transgresses
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أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ
Ar-ra aahus taghnaa
Because he sees himself self-sufficient.
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إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ
Innna ilaa rabbikar ruj'aa
Indeed, to your Lord is the return.
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أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ
Ara-aital lazee yanhaa
Have you seen the one who forbids
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عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ
'Abdan iza sallaa
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أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ
Ara-aita in kana 'alal hudaa
Have you seen if he is upon guidance
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أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ
Au amara bit taqwaa
Or enjoins righteousness?
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أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
Ara-aita in kaz zaba wa ta walla
Have you seen if he denies and turns away -
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أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ
Alam y'alam bi-an nal lahaa yaraa
Does he not know that Allah sees?
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كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ
Kalla la illam yantahi la nasfa'am bin nasiyah
No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock -
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نَاصِيَةٍۢ كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍۢ
Nasiyatin kazi batin khaatiyah
A lying, sinning forelock.
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فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ
Fal yad'u naadiyah
Then let him call his associates
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سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ
Sanad 'uz zabaaniyah
We will call the angels of Hell.
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كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩
Kalla
la tuti'hu wasjud waqtarib
No! Do not obey him. But prostrate and draw near [to Allah].