بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ
Iqra bismi rab bikal lazee khalaq
Recite in the name of your Lord Who created,
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ
Khalaqal insaana min 'alaq
created man from a clot of congealed blood.
ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ
Iqra wa rab bukal akram
Recite: and your Lord is Most Generous,
ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ
Al lazee 'allama bil qalam
Who taught by the pen,
عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
'Al lamal insaana ma lam y'alam
taught man what he did not know.
كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ
Kallaa innal insaana layatghaa
Nay, surely man transgresses;
أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ
Ar-ra aahus taghnaa
for he believes himself to be self-sufficient.
إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ
Innna ilaa rabbikar ruj'aa
Surely to your Lord is your return.
أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ
Ara-aital lazee yanhaa
Did you see him who forbids
عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ
'Abdan iza sallaa
a servant (of Allah) when he prays?
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ
Ara-aita in kana 'alal hudaa
Did you consider: what if he is on the Right Way,
أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ
Au amara bit taqwaa
and enjoins piety?
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
Ara-aita in kaz zaba wa ta walla
Did you consider: what if he gives the lie (to the Truth) and turns away (from it)?
أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ
Alam y'alam bi-an nal lahaa yaraa
Does he not know that Allah sees everything?
كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ
Kalla la illam yantahi la nasfa'am bin nasiyah
No indeed; if he does not desist, We shall drag him by the forelock;
نَاصِيَةٍۢ كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍۢ
Nasiyatin kazi batin khaatiyah
by the lying forelock steeped in sin.
فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ
Fal yad'u naadiyah
So let him summon his helpmates;
سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ
Sanad 'uz zabaaniyah
We too shall summon the guards of Hell.
كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩
Kalla; la tuti'hu wasjud waqtarib
No, not at all. Never obey him. But prostrate yourself and become nigh (to your Lord).
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