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 ٱلله ٱلرحمن ٱلرحيم ٱقرأ بٱسم ربك ٱلذي خلقwho created the human being from a clinging thing.
خلق ٱلإنسن من علقRead! And your Guardian is the Most Noble, who taught by the pen, taught the human being what he did not know.
ٱقرأ وربك ٱلأكرم ٱلذي علم بٱلقلم علم ٱلإنسن ما لم يعلمBy no means! The human being surely exceeds all measure, as soon as he sees himself self-sufficient.
كلآ إن ٱلإنسن ليطغى أن رءاه ٱستغنىIndeed, to your Guardian is the return.
إن إلى ربك ٱلرجعىHave you seen the one who forbids an obedient one when he makes contact?
أرءيت ٱلذي ينهى عبدا إذا صلىHave you seen if he is upon guidance, or enjoins guardedness?
أرءيت إن كان على ٱلهدى أو أمر بٱلتقوىHave you seen if he denies and turns away? Does he not know that God sees?
أرءيت إن كذب وتولى ألم يعلم بأن ٱلله يرىBy no means! If he does not desist, We will seize him violently by the forelock, a lying forelock, at fault!
كلا لئن لم ينته لنسفعا بٱلناصية ناصية كذبة خاطئةThen let him call his assembly; We will call the Zabaniya.
فليدع ناديه سندع ٱلزبانيةBy no means! Do not obey him, but prostrate and draw near.
كلا لا تطعه وٱسجد وٱقترب