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