Surah Al-'Alaq العلق

ٱقۡرَأۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ١

Read! In the name of your Lord who created:

خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِنۡ عَلَقٍ ٢

He created man from a clinging form.

ٱقۡرَأۡ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلۡأَكۡرَمُ ٣

Read! Your Lord is the Most Bountiful One

ٱلَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِٱلۡقَلَمِ ٤

who taught by [means of] the pen,

عَلَّمَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمۡ يَعۡلَمۡ ٥

who taught man what he did not know.

كـَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطۡغَىٰٓ ٦

But man exceeds all bounds

أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰٓ ٧

when he thinks he is self-sufficient:

إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجۡعَىٰٓ ٨

[Prophet], all will return to your Lord.

أَرَءَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِي يَنۡهَىٰ ٩

Have you seen the man who forbids

عَبۡدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ ١٠

[Our] servant to pray?

أَرَءَيۡتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ ١١

Have you seen whether he is rightly guided,

أَوۡ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقۡوَىٰٓ ١٢

or encourages true piety?

أَرَءَيۡتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ١٣

Have you seen whether he denies the truth and turns away from it?

أَلَمۡ يَعۡلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ ١٤

Does he not realize that God sees all?

كـَلَّا لَئِن لَّمۡ يَنتَهِ لَنَسۡفَعَۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ ١٥

No! If he does not stop, We shall drag him by his forehead––

نَاصِيَةٖ كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٖ ١٦

his lying, sinful forehead.

فَلۡيَدۡعُ نَادِيَهُۥ ١٧

Let him summon his comrades;

سَنَدۡعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ ١٨

We shall summon the guards of Hell.

كـَلَّا لَا تُطِعۡهُ وَٱسۡجُدۡۤ وَٱقۡتَرِب۩ ١٩

No! Do not obey him [Prophet]: bow down in worship and draw close.