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1 Read in the name of your Lord Who created.

1 Iqra biismi rabbika allathee khalaqa

2 He created man from a clot.

2 Khalaqa alinsana min AAalaqin

3 Read and your Lord is Most Honorable,

3 Iqra warabbuka alakramu

4 Who taught (to write) with the pen

4 Allathee AAallama bialqalami

5 Taught man what he knew not.

5 AAallama alinsana ma lam yaAAlam

6 Nay! man is most surely inordinate,

6 Kalla inna alinsana layatgha

7 Because he sees himself free from want.

7 An raahu istaghna

8 Surely to your Lord is the return.

8 Inna ila rabbika alrrujAAa

9 Have you seen him who forbids

9 Araayta allathee yanha

10 A servant when he prays?

10 AAabdan itha salla

11 Have you considered if he were on the right way,

11 Araayta in kana AAala alhuda

12 Or enjoined guarding (against evil)?

12 Aw amara bialttaqwa

13 Have you considered if he gives the lie to the truth and turns (his) back?

13 Araayta in kaththaba watawalla

14 Does he not know that Allah does see?

14 Alam yaAAlam bianna Allaha yara

15 Nay! if he desist not, We would certainly smite his forehead,

15 Kalla lain lam yantahi lanasfaAAan bialnnasiyati

16 A lying, sinful forehead.

16 Nasiyatin kathibatin khatiatin

17 Then let him summon his council,

17 FalyadAAu nadiyahu

18 We too would summon the braves of the army.

18 SanadAAu alzzabaniyata

19 Nay! obey him not, and make obeisance and draw nigh (to Allah).

19 Kalla la tutiAAhu waosjud waiqtarib