Al-'Alaq
ٱقۡرَأۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ
Proclaim! (or read!) in the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, Who created-
خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِنۡ عَلَقٍ
Created man, out of a (mere) clot of congealed blood:
ٱقۡرَأۡ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلۡأَكۡرَمُ
Proclaim! And thy Lord is Most Bountiful,-
ٱلَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِٱلۡقَلَمِ
He Who taught (the use of) the pen,-
عَلَّمَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمۡ يَعۡلَمۡ
Taught man that which he knew not.
كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطۡغَىٰٓ
Nay, but man doth transgress all bounds,
أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰٓ
In that he looketh upon himself as self-sufficient.
إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجۡعَىٰٓ
Verily, to thy Lord is the return (of all).
أَرَءَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِي يَنۡهَىٰ
Seest thou one who forbids-
عَبۡدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ
A votary when he (turns) to pray?