96 - Surah Al-'Alaq العلق

Recite in the name of your Lord who created -

iq'ra bi-is'mi rabbika alladhī khalaqa

Created man from a clinging substance.

khalaqa l-insāna min ʿalaqin

Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous -

iq'ra warabbuka l-akramu

Who taught by the pen -

alladhī ʿallama bil-qalami

Taught man that which he knew not.

ʿallama l-insāna mā lam yaʿlam

No! [But] indeed, man transgresses

kallā inna l-insāna layaṭghā

Because he sees himself self-sufficient.

an raāhu is'taghnā

Indeed, to your Lord is the return.

inna ilā rabbika l-ruj'ʿā

Have you seen the one who forbids

ara-ayta alladhī yanhā

A servant when he prays?

ʿabdan idhā ṣallā

Have you seen if he is upon guidance

ara-ayta in kāna ʿalā l-hudā

Or enjoins righteousness?

aw amara bil-taqwā

Have you seen if he denies and turns away -

ara-ayta in kadhaba watawallā

Does he not know that Allah sees?

alam yaʿlam bi-anna l-laha yarā

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

kallā la-in lam yantahi lanasfaʿan bil-nāṣiyati

A lying, sinning forelock.

nāṣiyatin kādhibatin khāṭi-atin

Then let him call his associates;

falyadʿu nādiyahu

We will call the angels of Hell.

sanadʿu l-zabāniyata

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

kallā lā tuṭiʿ'hu wa-us'jud wa-iq'tarib