بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ
(Muhammad), read in the name of your Lord who created (all things).
خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ
He created man from a clot of blood.
اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ
Recite! Your Lord is the most Honorable One,
الَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ
who, by the pen, taught the human being:
عَلَّمَ الْإِنْسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
He taught the human being what he did not know.
كَلَّا إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لَيَطْغَىٰ
Despite this, the human being still tends to rebel
أَنْ رَآهُ اسْتَغْنَىٰ
because he thinks that he is independent.
إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ الرُّجْعَىٰ
However, (all things) will return to your Lord.
أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَىٰ
Have you seen the one who prohibits
عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰ
a servant of Ours from prayer?
أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ
What will happen if the praying person is rightly guided
أَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوَىٰ
or if he commands others to maintain piety!?
أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
What will happen if the prohibiting rejects the Truth and turns away from it!?
أَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَرَىٰ
Does he not realize that God sees him?
كَلَّا لَئِنْ لَمْ يَنْتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًا بِالنَّاصِيَةِ
Let him know that if he does not desist, We shall certainly drag him by his forelocks,
نَاصِيَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ
his lying sinful forelock.
فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُ
Let him call on his associates for help
سَنَدْعُ الزَّبَانِيَةَ
and We too will call the stern and angry keepers of hell.
كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَاسْجُدْ وَاقْتَرِبْ ۩
(Muhammad), never yield to him! Prostrate yourself and try to come closer to God.