Al-Alaq

اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِى خَلَقَ

Iqra' bismi rabbikal-ladzii khalaq

Read in the name of your Lord who created,

خَلَقَ الْإِنسَٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ

Khalaqal-insaana min 'alaq

created man from a clinging clot.

اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ

Iqra' wa rabbukal-akram

Read, and your Lord is the Most Generous,

الَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ

Alladzii 'allama bil-qalam

who taught by the pen,

عَلَّمَ الْإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ

'Allamal-insaana maa lam ya'lam

taught man what he did not know.

كَلَّآ إِنَّ الْإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ

Kallaa innal-insaana layathghaa

No! Indeed, man transgresses,

أَن رَّءَاهُ اسْتَغْنَىٰٓ

Ar ra-aahus-taghnaa

when he sees himself self-sufficient.

إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ الرُّجْعَىٰٓ

Inna ilaa rabbikar-ruj'aa

Indeed, to your Lord is the return.

أَرَءَيْتَ الَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ

Ara-aital-ladzii yanhaa

Have you seen the one who forbids,

عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ

'Abdan idzaa shallaa

a servant when he prays?

أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰٓ

Ara-aita in kaana 'alal-hudaa

Have you seen if he is upon guidance,

أَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوَىٰٓ

Au amara bit-taqwaa

or enjoins righteousness?

أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

Ara-aita in kadzdzaba wa tawallaa

Have you seen if he denies and turns away?

أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَرَىٰ

Alam ya'lam bi-annallaaha yaraa

Does he not know that Allah sees?

كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِالنَّاصِيَةِ

Kallaa la-il lam yantahi lanasfa'am bin-naashiyah

No! If he does not stop, We will surely drag him by the forelock —

نَاصِيَةٍ كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ

Naashiyatin kaadzibatin khaathi-ah

a lying, sinful forelock.

فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُ

Fal-yad'u naadiyah

Then let him call his associates;

سَنَدْعُ الزَّبَانِيَةَ

Sanad'uz-zabaaniyah

We will call the angels of Hell.