أَرَءَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِي يَنۡهَىٰ
(96:9) Did you see him who forbids
عَبۡدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ
(96:10) a servant (of Allah) when he prays?0
أَرَءَيۡتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ
(96:11) Did you consider: what if he is on the Right Way,
أَوۡ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقۡوَىٰٓ
(96:12) and enjoins piety?
أَرَءَيۡتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
(96:13) Did you consider: what if he gives the lie (to the Truth) and turns
away (from it)?
away (from it)?
أَلَمۡ يَعۡلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ
(96:14) Does he not know that Allah sees everything?1
كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمۡ يَنتَهِ لَنَسۡفَعَۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ
(96:15) No indeed;2 if he does not desist, We shall drag him
by the forelock;
by the forelock;
نَاصِيَةٖ كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٖ
(96:16) by the lying forelock steeped in sin.3