Al-`Alaq

ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ

Iqra/ bi-ismi rabbika allathee khalaq

Read! In the name of your Lord who created:

خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ

Khalaqa al-insana min AAalaq

He created man from a clinging form.

ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ

Iqra/ warabbuka al-akram

Read! Your Lord is the Most Bountiful One

ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ

Allathee AAallama bilqalam

who taught by [means of] the pen,

عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ

AAallama al-insana ma lamyaAAlam

who taught man what he did not know.

كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ

Kalla inna al-insana layatgha

But man exceeds all bounds

أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ

An raahu istaghna

when he thinks he is self-sufficient:

إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ

Inna ila rabbika arrujAAa

[Prophet], all will return to your Lord.

أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ

Araayta allathee yanha

Have you seen the man who forbids

عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ

AAabdan itha salla

[Our] servant to pray?

أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ

Araayta in kana AAala alhuda

Have you seen whether he is rightly guided,

أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ

Aw amara bittaqwa

or encourages true piety?

أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

Araayta in kaththaba watawalla

Have you seen whether he denies the truth and turns away from it?

أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ

Alam yaAAlam bi-anna Allaha yara

Does he not realize that God sees all?

كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ

Kalla la-in lam yantahi lanasfaAAanbinnasiya

No! If he does not stop, We shall drag him by his forehead––

نَاصِيَةٍ كَـٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ

Nasiyatin kathibatin khati-a

his lying, sinful forehead.

فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ

FalyadAAu nadiyah

Let him summon his comrades;

سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ

SanadAAu azzabaniya

We shall summon the guards of Hell.

كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩

Kalla la tutiAAhu wasjudwaqtarib

No! Do not obey him [Prophet]: bow down in worship and draw close.