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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ
READ in the name of thy Sustainer, who has-
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خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ
created man out of a germ-cell
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ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ
Read - for thy Sustainer is the Most Bountiful One
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ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ
who has taught [man] the use of the pen –
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عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
taught man what he did not know!
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كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ
Nay, verily, man becomes grossly overweening
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أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ
whenever he believes himself to be self-sufficient:
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إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ
for, behold, unto thy Sustainer all must return.
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أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ
HAST THOU ever considered him who tries to prevent
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عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ
a servant [of God] from praying?
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أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ
Hast thou considered whether he is on the right way,
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أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ
or is concerned with God-consciousness?
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أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
Hast thou considered whether he may [not] be giving the lie to the truth and turning his back [upon it]?
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أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ
Does he, then, not know that God sees [all]?
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كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ
Nay, if he desist not, We shall most surely drag him down upon his forehead
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نَاصِيَةٍۢ كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍۢ
the lying, rebellious forehead! –
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فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ
and then let him summon [to his aid] the counsels of his own [spurious] wisdom,
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سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ
[the while] We shall summon the forces of heavenly chastisement!
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كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩
Nay, pay thou no heed to him, but prostrate thyself [before God] and draw close [unto Him]!
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