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