Iqra/ bi-ismi rabbika allathee khalaq
Recite in the name of your Lord who created
Khalaqa al-insana min AAalaq
Created man from a clinging substance.
Iqra/ warabbuka al-akram
Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous -
Allathee AAallama bilqalam
Who taught by the pen
AAallama al-insana ma lamyaAAlam
Taught man that which he knew not.
Kalla inna al-insana layatgha
No! [But] indeed, man transgresses
An raahu istaghna
Because he sees himself self-sufficient.
Inna ila rabbika arrujAAa
Indeed, to your Lord is the return.
Araayta allathee yanha
Have you seen the one who forbids
AAabdan itha salla
A servant when he prays?
Araayta in kana AAala alhuda
Have you seen if he is upon guidance
Aw amara bittaqwa
Or enjoins righteousness?
Araayta in kaththaba watawalla
Have you seen if he denies and turns away -
Alam yaAAlam bi-anna Allaha yara
Does he not know that Allāh sees?
Kalla la-in lam yantahi lanasfaAAanbinnasiya
No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock
Nasiyatin kathibatin khati-a
A lying, sinning forelock.
FalyadAAu nadiyah
Then let him call his associates;
SanadAAu azzabaniya
We will call the angels of Hell.
Kalla la tutiAAhu wasjudwaqtarib
No! Do not obey him. But prostrate and draw near [to Allāh].