اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ ١

Recite: In the Name of thy Lord who created,

خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ ٢

created Man of a blood-clot.

اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ ٣

Recite: And thy Lord is the Most Generous,

الَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ ٤

who taught by the Pen,

عَلَّمَ الْإِنسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ ٥

taught Man that he knew not.

كَلَّا إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لَيَطْغَىٰ ٦

No indeed; surely Man waxes insolent,

أَن رَّآهُ اسْتَغْنَىٰ ٧

for he thinks himself self-sufficient.

إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ الرُّجْعَىٰ ٨

Surely unto thy Lord is the Returning.

أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَىٰ ٩

What thinkest thou? He who forbids

عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰ ١٠

a servant when he prays --

أَرَأَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ ١١

What thinkest thou? If he were upon guidance

أَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوَىٰ ١٢

or bade to godfearing --

أَرَأَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ١٣

What thinkest thou? If he cries lies, and turns away -

أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَرَىٰ ١٤

Did he not know that God sees?

كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًا بِالنَّاصِيَةِ ١٥

No indeed; surely, if he gives not over, We shall seize him by the forelock,

نَاصِيَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ ١٦

a lying, sinful forelock.

فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُ ١٧

So let him call on his concourse!

سَنَدْعُ الزَّبَانِيَةَ ١٨

We shall call on the guards of Hell.

كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَاسْجُدْ وَاقْتَرِب ۩ ١٩

No indeed; do thou not obey him, and bow thyself, and draw nigh.