Chapter 96, 19 verses
Iqra biismi rabbika allathee khalaqa
Read in the name of your Lord Who created.
ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ
Khalaqa alinsana min AAalaqin
He created man from a clot.
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ
Iqra warabbuka alakramu
Read and your Lord is Most Honorable,
ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ
Allathee AAallama bialqalami
Who taught (to write) with the pen
ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ
AAallama alinsana ma lam yaAAlam
Taught man what he knew not.
عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
Kalla inna alinsana layatgha
Nay! man is most surely inordinate,
كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ
An raahu istaghna
Because he sees himself free from want.
أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ
Inna ila rabbika alrrujAAa
Surely to your Lord is the return.
إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ
Araayta allathee yanha
Have you seen him who forbids
أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ
AAabdan itha salla
A servant when he prays?
عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ
Araayta in kana AAala alhuda
Have you considered if he were on the right way,
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ
Aw amara bialttaqwa
Or enjoined guarding (against evil)?
أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ
Araayta in kaththaba watawalla
Have you considered if he gives the lie to the truth and turns (his) back?
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
Alam yaAAlam bianna Allaha yara
Does he not know that Allah does see?
أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ
Kalla lain lam yantahi lanasfaAAan bialnnasiyati
Nay! if he desist not, We would certainly smite his forehead,
كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ
Nasiyatin kathibatin khatiatin
A lying, sinful forehead.
نَاصِيَةٍ كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ
FalyadAAu nadiyahu
Then let him summon his council,
فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ
SanadAAu alzzabaniyata
We too would summon the braves of the army.
سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ
Kalla la tutiAAhu waosjud waiqtarib
Nay! obey him not, and make obeisance and draw nigh (to Allah).
كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب