ٱقۡرَأۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ
Read, ˹O Prophet,˺ in the Name of your Lord
ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ١
Who created—
خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِنۡ عَلَقٍ ٢
created humans from a clinging clot.
وَرَبُّكَ ٱلۡأَكۡرَمُ ٣
And your Lord is the Most Generous,
ٱلَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِٱلۡقَلَمِ ٤
Who taught by the pen—
عَلَّمَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمۡ يَعۡلَمۡ ٥
taught humanity what they knew not.
إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطۡغَىٰٓ ٦
one exceeds all bounds
أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰٓ ٧
once they think they are self-sufficient.
إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجۡعَىٰٓ ٨
˹But˺ surely to your Lord is the return ˹of all˺.
أَرَءَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِي يَنۡهَىٰ ٩
Have you seen the man who prevents
عَبۡدًا
a servant ˹of Ours˺
إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ ١٠
from praying?
إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ ١١
this ˹servant˺ is ˹rightly˺ guided,
أَوۡ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقۡوَىٰٓ ١٢
or encourages righteousness?
إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ١٣
that ˹man˺ persists in denial and turns away?
أَلَمۡ يَعۡلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ ١٤
Does he not know that Allah sees ˹all˺?
لَئِن لَّمۡ يَنتَهِ
If he does not desist,
لَنَسۡفَعَۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ ١٥
We will certainly drag him by the forelock—
نَاصِيَةٖ كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٖ ١٦
a lying, sinful forelock.
فَلۡيَدۡعُ نَادِيَهُۥ ١٧
So let him call his associates.
سَنَدۡعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ ١٨
We will call the wardens of Hell.
كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ
Again, no! Never obey him ˹O Prophet˺!
وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِبْ ١٩
Rather, ˹continue to˺ prostrate and draw near ˹to Allah˺.