اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ
Read in the Name of your Lord who created;
Clot · al-'Alaq · سورة العلق · 19 ayahs
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.
خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ
created man from a clinging mass.
اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ
Read, and your Lord is the most generous,
الَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ
who taught by the pen,
عَلَّمَ الْإِنْسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
taught man what he did not know.
كَلَّا إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لَيَطْغَىٰ
Indeed man becomes rebellious
أَنْ رَآهُ اسْتَغْنَىٰ
when he considers himself without need.
إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ الرُّجْعَىٰ
Indeed to your Lord is the return.
أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَىٰ
Tell me, he who forbids
عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰ
a servant when he prays,
أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ
tell me, should he be on [true] guidance,
أَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوَىٰ
or bid [others] to Godwariness,
أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
tell me, should he call him a liar and turn away
أَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَرَىٰ
—does he not know that Allah sees [him]?
كَلَّا لَئِنْ لَمْ يَنْتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًا بِالنَّاصِيَةِ
No indeed! If he does not cease, We shall seize him by the forelock,
نَاصِيَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ
a lying, sinful forelock!
فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُ
Then let him call out his gang!
سَنَدْعُ الزَّبَانِيَةَ
We [too] shall call the keepers of hell.
كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَاسْجُدْ وَاقْتَرِبْ ۩
No indeed! Do not obey him, but prostrate and draw near [to Allah]!