English - Chapter 96 - Al-Alaq

RECITE thou, in the name of thy Lord who created

Recite thou! For thy Lord is the most Beneficent

Who hath taught the use of the pen

Hath taught Man that which he knoweth not

Nay, verily, Man is insolent

Because he seeth himself possessed of riches

Verily, to thy Lord is the return of all

What thinkest thou of him that holdeth back

A servant of God when he prayeth

What thinkest thou? Hath he followed the true Guidance

or enjoined Piety

What thinkest thou? Hath he treated the truth as a lie and turned his back

What! doth he not know how that God seeth

Nay, verily, if he desist not, We shall seize him by the forelock

The lying sinful forelock

Then let him summon his associates

We too will summon the guards of Hell

Nay! obey him not; but adore, and draw nigh to God