Surah Al-'Alaq

ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ۝١

Read! In the name of your Lord, who created:

خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ ۝٢

created man from a clot [of blood].

ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ ۝٣

Read! Your Lord is the Most Bountiful One

ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ ۝٤

who taught by the pen,

عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ ۝٥

taught man what he did not know.

كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ ۝٦

Yet man behaves arrogantly,

أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ ۝٧

because he thinks himself self-sufficient:

إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ ۝٨

truly, all will return to your Lord.

أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ ۝٩

Have you seen one who prevents

عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ ۝١٠

a worshipper from praying?

أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ ۝١١

Do you think he is rightly guided,

أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ ۝١٢

or enjoins true piety?

أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ۝١٣

Do you see how he has denied the truth and turned away from it?

أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ ۝١٤

Does he not know that God observes all things?

كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ ۝١٥

Let him beware! If he does not desist, We will drag him by the forelock --

نَاصِيَةٍ كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ ۝١٦

his lying, sinful forelock.

فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ ۝١٧

Then let him call his associates;

سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ ۝١٨

We shall summon the guards of Hell.

كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩ ۝١٩

No indeed! Do not obey him, but prostrate yourself and come closer to God.