بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
﴿١﴾ اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ
1. Read: In the Name of your Lord, who created.
﴿٢﴾ خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ
2. Created man from a clinging clot.
﴿٣﴾ اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ
3. Read: And your Lord is the Most Generous.
﴿٤﴾ الَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ
4. He Who taught by the pen.
﴿٥﴾ عَلَّمَ الْإِنْسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
5. Taught man what he never knew.
﴿٦﴾ كَلَّا إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لَيَطْغَىٰ
6. In fact, the human being oversteps all bounds.
﴿٧﴾ أَنْ رَآهُ اسْتَغْنَىٰ
7. When he considers himself exempt.
﴿٨﴾ إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ الرُّجْعَىٰ
8. But to your Lord is the return.
﴿٩﴾ أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَىٰ
9. Have you seen him who prevents?
﴿١٠﴾ عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰ
10. A servant when he prays?
﴿١١﴾ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ
11. Do you think he is upon guidance?
﴿١٢﴾ أَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوَىٰ
12. Or advocates righteousness?
﴿١٣﴾ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
13. Did you see how he denied and turned away?
﴿١٤﴾ أَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَرَىٰ
14. Does he not know that Allah sees?
﴿١٥﴾ كَلَّا لَئِنْ لَمْ يَنْتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًا بِالنَّاصِيَةِ
15. No. If he does not desist, We will drag him by the forelock.
﴿١٦﴾ نَاصِيَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ
16. A lying, sinful forelock.
﴿١٧﴾ فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُ
17. So let him call his gang.
﴿١٨﴾ سَنَدْعُ الزَّبَانِيَةَ
18. We will call the Wardens.
﴿١٩﴾ كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَاسْجُدْ وَاقْتَرِبْ ۩
19. No, do not obey him, but bow down, and come near.
