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

He created man from a clot

Iqra warabbuka alakramu

Aqra' Wa Rabbuka Al-'Akramu

Read and your Lord is Most Honorable

Allathee AAallama bialqalami

Al-Ladhī `Allama Bil-Qalami

Who taught (to write) with the pen

AAallama alinsana ma lam yaAAlam

Allama Al-'Insāna Mā Lam Ya`lam

Taught man what he knew not

Kalla inna alinsana layatgha

Kallā 'Inna Al-'Insāna Layaţghá

Nay! man is most surely inordinate

An raahu istaghna

An Ra'āhu Astaghná

Because he sees himself free from want

Inna ila rabbika alrrujAAa

Inna 'Ilá Rabbika Ar-Ruj`á

Surely to your Lord is the return

Araayta allathee yanha

Ara'ayta Al-Ladhī Yanhá

Have you seen him 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

Have you considered if he were on the right way

Aw amara bialttaqwa

Aw 'Amara Bit-Taqwá

Or enjoined guarding (against evil)

Araayta in kaththaba watawalla

Ara'ayta 'In Kadhaba Wa Tawallá

Have you considered if he gives the lie to the truth and turns (his) back

Alam yaAAlam bianna Allaha yara

Alam Ya`lam Bi'anna Allāha Yará

Does he not know that Allah does see

Kalla lain lam yantahi lanasfaAAan bialnnasiyati

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

Nay! if he desist not, We would certainly smite his forehead

Nasiyatin kathibatin khatiatin

Nāşiyatin Kādhibatin Khāţi'ahin

A lying, sinful forehead

FalyadAAu nadiyahu

Falyad`u Nādiyah

Then let him summon his council

SanadAAu alzzabaniyata

Sanad`u Az-Zabāniyaha

We too would summon the braves of the army

Kalla la tutiAAhu waosjud waiqtarib

Kallā Lā Tuţi`hu Wa Asjud Wāqtarib

Nay! obey him not, and make obeisance and draw nigh (to Allah)