Al-Alaq

Iqra biismi rabbika allathee khalaqa

Aqra' Biāsmi Rabbika Al-Ladhī Khalaqa

Read in the Name of your Lord who created

Khalaqa alinsana min AAalaqin

Khalaqa Al-'Insāna Min `Alaqin

created man from a clinging mass

Iqra warabbuka alakramu

Aqra' Wa Rabbuka Al-'Akramu

Read, and your Lord is the most generous

Allathee AAallama bialqalami

Al-Ladhī `Allama Bil-Qalami

who taught by the pen

AAallama alinsana ma lam yaAAlam

Allama Al-'Insāna Mā Lam Ya`lam

taught man what he did not know

Kalla inna alinsana layatgha

Kallā 'Inna Al-'Insāna Layaţghá

Indeed man becomes rebellious

An raahu istaghna

An Ra'āhu Astaghná

when he considers himself without need

Inna ila rabbika alrrujAAa

Inna 'Ilá Rabbika Ar-Ruj`á

Indeed to your Lord is the return

Araayta allathee yanha

Ara'ayta Al-Ladhī Yanhá

Tell me, he who forbids

AAabdan itha salla

Abdāan 'Idhā Şallá

a servant when he prays

Araayta in kana AAala alhuda

Ara'ayta 'In Kāna `Alá Al-Hudá

tell me, should he be on [true] guidance

Aw amara bialttaqwa

Aw 'Amara Bit-Taqwá

or bid [others] to Godwariness

Araayta in kaththaba watawalla

Ara'ayta 'In Kadhaba Wa Tawallá

tell me, should he call him a liar and turn away

Alam yaAAlam bianna Allaha yara

Alam Ya`lam Bi'anna Allāha Yará

—does he not know that Allah sees [him]

Kalla lain lam yantahi lanasfaAAan bialnnasiyati

Kallā La'in Lam Yantahi Lanasfa`ā Bin-Nāşiyahi

No indeed! If he does not cease, We shall seize him by the forelock

Nasiyatin kathibatin khatiatin

Nāşiyatin Kādhibatin Khāţi'ahin

a lying, sinful forelock

FalyadAAu nadiyahu

Falyad`u Nādiyah

Then let him call out his gang

SanadAAu alzzabaniyata

Sanad`u Az-Zabāniyaha

We [too] shall call the keepers of hell

Kalla la tutiAAhu waosjud waiqtarib

Kallā Lā Tuţi`hu Wa Asjud Wāqtarib

No indeed! Do not obey him, but prostrate and draw near [to Allah]