Surah Al-Alaq

ٱقۡرَأۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ﴿١﴾

Iqra biismi rabbika allathee khalaqa

Recite in the name of your Lord who created

خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِنۡ عَلَقٍ ﴿٢﴾

Khalaqa alinsana min ʿalaqin

Created man from a clinging substance

ٱقۡرَأۡ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلۡأَكۡرَمُ ﴿٣﴾

Iqra warabbuka alakramu

Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous

ٱلَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِٱلۡقَلَمِ ﴿٤﴾

Allathee ʿallama bialqalami

Who taught by the pen

عَلَّمَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمۡ يَعۡلَمۡ ﴿٥﴾

ʿallama alinsana ma lam yaʿlam

Taught man that which he knew not

كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطۡغَىٰٓ ﴿٦﴾

Kalla inna alinsana layatgha

No! [But] indeed, man transgresses

أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰٓ ﴿٧﴾

An raahu istaghna

Because he sees himself self-sufficient

إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجۡعَىٰٓ ﴿٨﴾

Inna ila rabbika alrrujʿa

Indeed, to your Lord is the return

أَرَءَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِي يَنۡهَىٰ ﴿٩﴾

Araayta allathee yanha

Have you seen the one who forbids

عَبۡدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ ﴿١٠﴾

ʿabdan itha salla

A servant when he prays

أَرَءَيۡتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ ﴿١١﴾

Araayta in kana ʿala alhuda

Have you seen if he is upon guidance

أَوۡ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقۡوَىٰٓ ﴿١٢﴾

Aw amara bialttaqwa

Or enjoins righteousness

أَرَءَيۡتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ﴿١٣﴾

Araayta in kaththaba watawalla

Have you seen if he denies and turns away

أَلَمۡ يَعۡلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ ﴿١٤﴾

Alam yaʿlam bianna Allaha yara

Does he not know that Allah sees

كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمۡ يَنتَهِ لَنَسۡفَعَۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ ﴿١٥﴾

Kalla lain lam yantahi lanasfaʿan bialnnasiyati

No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock

نَاصِيَةٖ كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٖ ﴿١٦﴾

Nasiyatin kathibatin khatiatin

A lying, sinning forelock

فَلۡيَدۡعُ نَادِيَهُۥ ﴿١٧﴾

Falyadʿu nadiyahu

Then let him call his associates

سَنَدۡعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ ﴿١٨﴾

Sanadʿu alzzabaniyata

We will call the angels of Hell

كَلَّا لَا تُطِعۡهُ وَٱسۡجُدۡۤ وَٱقۡتَرِب۩ ﴿١٩﴾

Kalla la tutiʿhu waosjud waiqtarib

No! Do not obey him. But prostrate and draw near [to Allah]