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