Ayah 1

ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ

Read in (the) name (of) your Lord the One Who created

Ayah 2

خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ

He created man from a clinging substance

Ayah 3

ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ

Read and your Lord (is) the Most Generous

Ayah 4

ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ

The One Who taught by the pen

Ayah 5

عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ

Taught man what not he knew

Ayah 6

كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ

Nay Indeed man surely transgresses

Ayah 7

أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ

That he sees himself self-sufficient

Ayah 8

إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ

Indeed to your Lord (is) the return

Ayah 9

أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ

Have you seen the one who forbids

Ayah 10

عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ

A slave when he prays

Ayah 11

أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ

Have you seen if he is upon [the] guidance

Ayah 12

أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ

Or he enjoins [of the] righteousness

Ayah 13

أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

Have you seen if he denies and turns away

Ayah 14

أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ

Does not he know that Allah sees

Ayah 15

كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ

Nay If not he desists surely We will drag him by the forelock

Ayah 16

نَاصِيَةٍ كَـٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ

A forelock lying sinful

Ayah 17

فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ

Then let him call his associates

Ayah 18

سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ

We will call the Angels of Hell

Ayah 19

كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩

Nay (Do) not obey him But prostrate and draw near (to Allah)