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96:1

اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ

Read, ˹O Prophet,˺ in the Name of your Lord Who created—

96:2

خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ

created humans from a clinging clot.¹

96:3

اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ

Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous,

96:4

الَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ

Who taught by the pen—

96:5

عَلَّمَ الْإِنسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ

taught humanity what they knew not.¹

96:6

كَلَّا إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لَيَطْغَىٰ

Most certainly, one exceeds all bounds

96:7

أَن رَّآهُ اسْتَغْنَىٰ

once they think they are self-sufficient.

96:8

إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ الرُّجْعَىٰ

˹But˺ surely to your Lord is the return ˹of all˺.

96:9

أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَىٰ

Have you seen the man who prevents

96:10

عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰ

a servant ˹of Ours˺ from praying?¹

96:11

أَرَأَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ

What if this ˹servant˺ is ˹rightly˺ guided,

96:12

أَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوَىٰ

or encourages righteousness?

96:13

أَرَأَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

What if that ˹man˺ persists in denial and turns away?

96:14

أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَرَىٰ

Does he not know that Allah sees ˹all˺?

96:15

كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًا بِالنَّاصِيَةِ

But no! If he does not desist, We will certainly drag him by the forelock—

96:16

نَاصِيَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ

a lying, sinful forelock.¹

96:17

فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُ

So let him call his associates.

96:18

سَنَدْعُ الزَّبَانِيَةَ

We will call the wardens of Hell.

96:19

كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَاسْجُدْ وَاقْتَرِب

Again, no! Never obey him ˹O Prophet˺! Rather, ˹continue to˺ prostrate and draw near ˹to Allah˺.

اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ

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خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ

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اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ

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الَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ

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عَلَّمَ الْإِنسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ

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كَلَّا إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لَيَطْغَىٰ

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أَن رَّآهُ اسْتَغْنَىٰ

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إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ الرُّجْعَىٰ

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أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَىٰ

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عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰ

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أَرَأَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ

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أَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوَىٰ

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أَرَأَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

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أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَرَىٰ

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كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًا بِالنَّاصِيَةِ

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نَاصِيَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ

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فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُ

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سَنَدْعُ الزَّبَانِيَةَ

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كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَاسْجُدْ وَاقْتَرِب

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