العلق

Iqra biismi rabbika allathee khalaqa

Read in the name of your Lord Who created,

Khalaqa alinsana min AAalaqin

created man from a clinging clot.

Iqra warabbuka alakramu

Read, and your Lord is the Most Generous,

Allathee AAallama bialqalami

Who taught by the pen,

AAallama alinsana ma lam yaAAlam

taught man what he did not know[1].

Kalla inna alinsana layatgha

Indeed, man transgresses

An raahu istaghna

when he deems himself to be self-sufficient.

Inna ila rabbika alrrujAAa

Indeed, to your Lord is the return.

Araayta allathee yanha

Have you seen the one who prevents[2]

AAabdan itha salla

a slave [of Allah] from praying[3]?

Araayta in kana AAala alhuda

What if this [slave] is rightly guided,

Aw amara bialttaqwa

and enjoins righteousness?

Araayta in kaththaba watawalla

How about the one who denies and turns away[4]?

Alam yaAAlam bianna Allaha yara

Does he not know that Allah is watching all?

Kalla lain lam yantahi lanasfaAAan bialnnasiyati

No indeed; if he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock[5]

Nasiyatin kathibatin khatiatin

a lying, sinful forelock[6].

FalyadAAu nadiyahu

So let him call his associates;

SanadAAu alzzabaniyata

We will call the wardens of Hellfire[7].

Kalla la tutiAAhu waosjud waiqtarib

No indeed; do not obey him, but prostrate and draw near [to Allah].