بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ
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اِقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذ۪ي خَلَقَۚ
Iqra/ bi-ismi rabbika allathee khalaq
Read, in the name of your Lord, who created.
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خَلَقَ الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍۚ
Khalaqa al-insana min AAalaq
He created man from an embryo.
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اِقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْاَكْرَمُۙ
Iqra/ warabbuka al-akram
Read, and your Lord, Most Exalted.
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اَلَّذ۪ي عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِۙ
Allathee AAallama bilqalam
The One who taught by the pen.
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عَلَّمَ الْاِنْسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْۜ
AAallama al-insana ma lamyaAAlam
He taught man what he did not know.
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كَلَّٓا اِنَّ الْاِنْسَانَ لَيَطْغٰىۙ
Kalla inna al-insana layatgha
Alas, man is bound to transgress.
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اَنْ رَاٰهُ اسْتَغْنٰىۜ
An raahu istaghna
When he achieves, he no longer has need!
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اِنَّ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ الرُّجْعٰىۜ
Inna ila rabbika arrujAAa
To your Lord is the return.
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اَرَاَيْتَ الَّذ۪ي يَنْهٰىۙ
Araayta allathee yanha
Have you seen the one who prohibits,
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عَبْداً اِذَا صَلّٰىۜ
AAabdan itha salla
A servant from making the contact?
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اَرَاَيْتَ اِنْ كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدٰىۙ
Araayta in kana AAala alhuda
Have you seen if he was being guided,
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اَوْ اَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوٰىۜ
Aw amara bittaqwa
Or he ordered righteousness?
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اَرَاَيْتَ اِنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلّٰىۜ
Araayta in kaththaba watawalla
Have you seen if he lied and turned away?
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اَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ بِاَنَّ اللّٰهَ يَرٰىۜ
Alam yaAAlam bi-anna Allaha yara
Did he not know that God can see?
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كَلَّا لَئِنْ لَمْ يَنْتَهِ۬ لَنَسْفَعاً بِالنَّاصِيَةِۙ
Kalla la-in lam yantahi lanasfaAAanbinnasiya
Indeed, unless he refrains, we will take him by the forelock.
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نَاصِيَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍۚ
Nasiyatin kathibatin khati-a
A forelock that is disbelieving and sinful.
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فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۙ
FalyadAAu nadiyah
Let him then call on his helpers.
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سَنَدْعُ الزَّبَانِيَةَۙ
SanadAAu azzabaniya
We will call the guardians of Hell.
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كَلَّاۜ لَا تُطِعْهُ وَاسْجُدْ وَاقْتَرِبْ
Kalla la tutiAAhu wasjudwaqtarib
You shall not obey him; you shall fall prostrate and draw nearer.