English - Chapter 96 - Al-Alaq

READ (or proclaim), in the name of your Lord! Who created

Created man from a clot

Read (or proclaim), for your Lord is most Bountiful

Who teaches by the pen

Taught man what he did not know

Nay, verily, man is indeed rebellious

In that he thinks himself independent (or self-sufficient or rich)

Verily, unto your Lord is the return

A servant when he prays

Have you considered if he were in guidance

Or bade piety

Have you considered if he denied the truth, and turned his back

Does he not know that Allah can see

Nay, surely, if he does not desist, We will drag him by the forelock

The lying sinful forelock

So let him call his council (or comrades)

We will call the guards of Hell

Nay, obey him not, but adore and draw nigh (unto Allah)