Al-Alaq
Read and Draw Near
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. Read, in the name of your Guardian who created,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم اقرا باسم ربك الذي خلقwho created the human being from a clinging thing.
خلق الانسن من علقRead! And your Guardian is the Most Noble, who taught by the pen, taught the human being what he did not know.
اقرا وربك الاكرم الذي علم بالقلم علم الانسن ما لم يعلمBy no means! The human being surely exceeds all measure, as soon as he sees himself self-sufficient.
كلا ان الانسن ليطغي ان راه استغنيIndeed, to your Guardian is the return.
ان الي ربك الرجعيHave you seen the one who forbids an obedient one when he makes contact?
اريت الذي ينهي عبدا اذا صليHave you seen if he is upon guidance, or enjoins guardedness?
اريت ان كان علي الهدي او امر بالتقويHave you seen if he denies and turns away? Does he not know that God sees?
اريت ان كذب وتولي الم يعلم بان الله يريBy no means! If he does not desist, We will seize him violently by the forelock, a lying forelock, at fault!
كلا لين لم ينته لنسفعا بالناصيه ناصيه كذبه خاطيهThen let him call his assembly; We will call the Zabaniya.
فليدع ناديه سندع الزبانيهBy no means! Do not obey him, but prostrate and draw near.
كلا لا تطعه واسجد واقترب