Al-'Alaq العلق

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ

bismillah ar-rahman ar-rahim iqra bi-ism rabbik alladhi khalaq

Recite in the name of your Lord who created -

خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ

khalaq al-insan min 'alaq

Created man from a clinging substance.

اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ

iqra wa-rabbuka al-akram

Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous -

الَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ

alladha 'allama bil-qalam

Who taught by the pen -

عَلَّمَ الْإِنسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ

'allama al-insan ma lam ya'lam

Taught man that which he knew not.

كَلَّا إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لَيَطْغَىٰ

kalla inna al-insana layatgha

No! [But] indeed, man transgresses

أَن رَّآهُ اسْتَغْنَىٰ

an ra'ahu istaghna

Because he sees himself self-sufficient.

إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ الرُّجْعَىٰ

inna ila rabbak ar-ruj'a

Indeed, to your Lord is the return.

أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَىٰ

a-ra'ayta alladhi yanha

Have you seen the one who forbids

عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰ

'abdan idha salla

A servant when he prays?

أَرَأَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ

a-ra'ayta in kana 'ala al-huda

Have you seen if he is upon guidance

أَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوَىٰ

aw amara bi-t-taqwa

Or enjoins righteousness?

أَرَأَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

a-ra'ayta in kadhdhaba wa-tawalla

Have you seen if he denies and turns away -

أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَرَىٰ

a-lam ya'lam bi-anna Allaha yara

Does he not know that Allah sees?

كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًا بِالنَّاصِيَةِ

kalla la'in lam yantahi lanasfa' bi-an-nasiyah

No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock -

نَاصِيَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ

nasiyatun kadhibatun khati'atun

A lying, sinning forelock.

فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُ

fal-yad'u nadiyah

Then let him call his associates;

سَنَدْعُ الزَّبَانِيَةَ

sanad'u az-zabaniyah

We will call the angels of Hell.

كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَاسْجُدْ وَاقْتَرِب ۩

kalla la tuti'hu wa-sjud wa-qtarib

No! Do not obey him. But prostrate and draw near [to Allah].