بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ bismillāhir raḥmānir raḥīm In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful.
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ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ iqra-bismi rabbikal ladhī khalaq READ IN THE name of your Lord who created,
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خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ khalaqal-insāna min `alaq Created man from an embryo;
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ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ iqra-warabbukal-akram Read, for your Lord is most beneficent,
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ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ alladhī `allama bil qalam Who taught by the pen,
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عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ `allamal-insāna mā lam ya`lam Taught man what he did not know.
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كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ kallā innal-insāna layaṭghā And yet, but yet man is rebellious,
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أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ an ra-āhus taghnā For he thinks he is sufficient in himself.
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إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ inna ilā rabbikar ruj`ā Surely your returning is to your Lord.
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أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ ara aytal ladhī yanhā Have you seen him who restrains
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عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ `abdan idhā ṣallā A votary when he turns to his devotions?
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أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ ara ayta in kāna `alal-hudā Have you thought, if he had been on guidance
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أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ aw amara bit taqwā Or had enjoined piety, (it would have been better)?
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أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ara ayta in kadhhaba watawallā Have you thought that if he denies and turns away,
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أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ alam ya`lam bi-annallāha yarā Does he not know that God sees?
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كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ kallā la-in lam yantahi lanasfa`an bin nāṣiyah And yet indeed if he does not desist We shall drag him by the forelock,
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نَاصِيَةٍ كَـٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ nāṣiyatin kādhibatin khāṭi-ah By the lying, the sinful forelock.
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فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ falyad`u nādiyah So let him call his associates,
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سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ sanad`uz zabāniyah We shall call the guards of Hell.
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كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩ kallā lā tuṭi`hu wasjud waqtarib ۩ Beware! Do not obey him, but bow in adoration and draw near (to your Lord).
