Iqra biismi rabbika allathee khalaqa
Recite in the name of your Lord who created -
AL ALAQ 1
Khalaqa alinsana min AAalaqin
Created man from a clinging substance.
AL ALAQ 2
Iqra warabbuka alakramu
Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous -
AL ALAQ 3
Allathee AAallama bialqalami
Who taught by the pen -
AL ALAQ 4
AAallama alinsana ma lam yaAAlam
Taught man that which he knew not.
AL ALAQ 5
Kalla inna alinsana layatgha
No! [But] indeed, man transgresses
AL ALAQ 6
An raahu istaghna
Because he sees himself self-sufficient.
AL ALAQ 7
Inna ila rabbika alrrujAAa
Indeed, to your Lord is the return.
AL ALAQ 8
Araayta allathee yanha
Have you seen the one who forbids
AL ALAQ 9
AAabdan itha salla
A servant when he prays?
AL ALAQ 10
Araayta in kana AAala alhuda
Have you seen if he is upon guidance
AL ALAQ 11
Aw amara bialttaqwa
Or enjoins righteousness?
AL ALAQ 12
Araayta in kaththaba watawalla
Have you seen if he denies and turns away -
AL ALAQ 13
Alam yaAAlam bianna Allaha yara
Does he not know that Allah sees?
AL ALAQ 14
Kalla lain lam yantahi lanasfaAAan bialnnasiyati
No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock -
AL ALAQ 15
Nasiyatin kathibatin khatiatin
A lying, sinning forelock.
AL ALAQ 16
FalyadAAu nadiyahu
Then let him call his associates;
AL ALAQ 17
SanadAAu alzzabaniyata
We will call the angels of Hell.
AL ALAQ 18
Kalla la tutiAAhu waosjud waiqtarib
No! Do not obey him. But prostrate and draw near [to Allah].
AL ALAQ 19