Al-Alaq

ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ١

Read, ˹O Prophet,˺ in the Name of your Lord Who created—

خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ ٢

created humans from a clinging clot

ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ ٣

Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous

ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ ٤

Who taught by the pen—

عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ ٥

taught humanity what they knew not

كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ ٦

Most certainly, one exceeds all bounds

أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ ٧

once they think they are self-sufficient

إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ ٨

˹But˺ surely to your Lord is the return ˹of all˺

أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ ٩

Have you seen the man who prevents

عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ ١٠

a servant ˹of Ours˺ from praying

أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ ١١

What if this ˹servant˺ is ˹rightly˺ guided

أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ ١٢

or encourages righteousness

أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ١٣

What if that ˹man˺ persists in denial and turns away

أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ ١٤

Does he not know that Allah sees ˹all˺

كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعَۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ ١٥

But no! If he does not desist, We will certainly drag him by the forelock—

نَاصِيَةٍ كَـٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ ١٦

a lying, sinful forelock

فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ ١٧

So let him call his associates

سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ ١٨

We will call the wardens of Hell

كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩ ١٩

Again, no! Never obey him ˹O Prophet˺! Rather, ˹continue to˺ prostrate and draw near ˹to Allah˺