ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ﴿١﴾
Recite: In the Name of thy Lord who created,
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ﴿٢﴾
created Man of a blood-clot.
ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ﴿٣﴾
Recite: And thy Lord is the Most Generous,
ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ﴿٤﴾
who taught by the Pen,
عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ﴿٥﴾
taught Man that he knew not.
كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ﴿٦﴾
No indeed; surely Man waxes insolent,
أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ﴿٧﴾
for he thinks himself self-sufficient.
إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ﴿٨﴾
Surely unto thy Lord is the Returning.
أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ﴿٩﴾
What thinkest thou? He who forbids
عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ﴿١٠﴾
a servant when he prays --
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ﴿١١﴾
What thinkest thou? If he were upon guidance
أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ﴿١٢﴾
or bade to godfearing --
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ﴿١٣﴾
What thinkest thou? If he cries lies, and turns away -
أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ﴿١٤﴾
Did he not know that God sees?
كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ﴿١٥﴾
No indeed; surely, if he gives not over, We shall seize him by the forelock,
نَاصِيَةٍ كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ﴿١٦﴾
a lying, sinful forelock.
فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ﴿١٧﴾
So let him call on his concourse!
سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ﴿١٨﴾
We shall call on the guards of Hell.
كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب﴿١٩﴾
No indeed; do thou not obey him, and bow thyself, and draw nigh.