Chapter 96, 19 verses
Read in the name of your Lord Who created.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم اقرأ باسم ربك الذي خلق
Iqra biismi rabbika allathee khalaqa
He created man from a clot.
خلق الإنسان من علق
Khalaqa alinsana min AAalaqin
Read and your Lord is Most Honorable,
اقرأ وربك الأكرم
Iqra warabbuka alakramu
Who taught (to write) with the pen
الذي علم بالقلم
Allathee AAallama bialqalami
Taught man what he knew not.
علم الإنسان ما لم يعلم
AAallama alinsana ma lam yaAAlam
Nay! man is most surely inordinate,
كلا إن الإنسان ليطغى
Kalla inna alinsana layatgha
Because he sees himself free from want.
أن رآه استغنى
An raahu istaghna
Surely to your Lord is the return.
إن إلى ربك الرجعى
Inna ila rabbika alrrujAAa
Have you seen him who forbids
أرأيت الذي ينهى
Araayta allathee yanha
A servant when he prays?
عبدا إذا صلى
AAabdan itha salla
Have you considered if he were on the right way,
أرأيت إن كان على الهدى
Araayta in kana AAala alhuda
Or enjoined guarding (against evil)?
أو أمر بالتقوى
Aw amara bialttaqwa
Have you considered if he gives the lie to the truth and turns (his) back?
أرأيت إن كذب وتولى
Araayta in kaththaba watawalla
Does he not know that Allah does see?
ألم يعلم بأن الله يرى
Alam yaAAlam bianna Allaha yara
Nay! if he desist not, We would certainly smite his forehead,
كلا لئن لم ينته لنسفعا بالناصية
Kalla lain lam yantahi lanasfaAAan bialnnasiyati
A lying, sinful forehead.
ناصية كاذبة خاطئة
Nasiyatin kathibatin khatiatin
Then let him summon his council,
فليدع ناديه
FalyadAAu nadiyahu
We too would summon the braves of the army.
سندع الزبانية
SanadAAu alzzabaniyata
Nay! obey him not, and make obeisance and draw nigh (to Allah).
كلا لا تطعه واسجد واقترب ۩
Kalla la tutiAAhu waosjud waiqtarib