اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ (1)

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

خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ (2)

created man from a clot [of blood].

اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ (3)

Read! Your Lord is the Most Bountiful One

الَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ (4)

who taught by the pen,

عَلَّمَ الْإِنْسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ (5)

taught man what he did not know.

كَلَّا إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لَيَطْغَىٰ (6)

Yet man behaves arrogantly,

أَنْ رَآهُ اسْتَغْنَىٰ (7)

because he thinks himself self-sufficient:

إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ الرُّجْعَىٰ (8)

truly, all will return to your Lord.

أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَىٰ (9)

Have you seen one who prevents

عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰ (10)

a worshipper from praying?

أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ (11)

Do you think he is rightly guided,

أَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوَىٰ (12)

or enjoins true piety?

أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ (13)

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

أَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَرَىٰ (14)

Does he not know that God observes all things?

كَلَّا لَئِنْ لَمْ يَنْتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًا بِالنَّاصِيَةِ (15)

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

نَاصِيَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ (16)

his lying, sinful forelock.

فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُ (17)

Then let him call his associates;

سَنَدْعُ الزَّبَانِيَةَ (18)

We shall summon the guards of Hell.

كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَاسْجُدْ وَاقْتَرِبْ ۩ (19)

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