Al-'Alaq
ٱقۡرَأۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ
Read! In the name of your Lord who created:
خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِنۡ عَلَقٍ
He created manfrom a clinging form.
ٱقۡرَأۡ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلۡأَكۡرَمُ
Read! Your Lord is the Most Bountiful One
ٱلَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِٱلۡقَلَمِ
who taught by [means of] the pen,
عَلَّمَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمۡ يَعۡلَمۡ
who taught man what he did not know.
كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطۡغَىٰٓ
But man exceeds all bounds
أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰٓ
when he thinks he is self-sufficient:
إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجۡعَىٰٓ
[Prophet], all will return to your Lord.
أَرَءَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِي يَنۡهَىٰ
Have you seen the man who forbids
عَبۡدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ
[Our] servant to pray?
أَرَءَيۡتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ
Have you seen whether he is rightly guided,