Al-Alaq

Iqra biismi rabbika allathee khalaqa

Aqra' Biāsmi Rabbika Al-Ladhī Khalaqa

(Muhammad), read in the name of your Lord who created (all things)

Khalaqa alinsana min AAalaqin

Khalaqa Al-'Insāna Min `Alaqin

He created man from a clot of blood

Iqra warabbuka alakramu

Aqra' Wa Rabbuka Al-'Akramu

Recite! Your Lord is the most Honorable One

Allathee AAallama bialqalami

Al-Ladhī `Allama Bil-Qalami

who, by the pen, taught the human being

AAallama alinsana ma lam yaAAlam

Allama Al-'Insāna Mā Lam Ya`lam

He taught the human being what he did not know

Kalla inna alinsana layatgha

Kallā 'Inna Al-'Insāna Layaţghá

Despite this, the human being still tends to rebel

An raahu istaghna

An Ra'āhu Astaghná

because he thinks that he is independent

Inna ila rabbika alrrujAAa

Inna 'Ilá Rabbika Ar-Ruj`á

However, (all things) will return to your Lord

Araayta allathee yanha

Ara'ayta Al-Ladhī Yanhá

Have you seen the one who prohibits

AAabdan itha salla

Abdāan 'Idhā Şallá

a servant of Ours from prayer

Araayta in kana AAala alhuda

Ara'ayta 'In Kāna `Alá Al-Hudá

What will happen if the praying person is rightly guided

Aw amara bialttaqwa

Aw 'Amara Bit-Taqwá

or if he commands others to maintain piety

Araayta in kaththaba watawalla

Ara'ayta 'In Kadhaba Wa Tawallá

What will happen if the prohibiting rejects the Truth and turns away from it

Alam yaAAlam bianna Allaha yara

Alam Ya`lam Bi'anna Allāha Yará

Does he not realize that God sees him

Kalla lain lam yantahi lanasfaAAan bialnnasiyati

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

Let him know that if he does not desist, We shall certainly drag him by his forelocks

Nasiyatin kathibatin khatiatin

Nāşiyatin Kādhibatin Khāţi'ahin

his lying sinful forelock

FalyadAAu nadiyahu

Falyad`u Nādiyah

Let him call on his associates for help

SanadAAu alzzabaniyata

Sanad`u Az-Zabāniyaha

and We too will call the stern and angry keepers of hell

Kalla la tutiAAhu waosjud waiqtarib

Kallā Lā Tuţi`hu Wa Asjud Wāqtarib

(Muhammad), never yield to him! Prostrate yourself and try to come closer to God