English - Chapter 96 - Al-Alaq

READ in the name of your Lord Who creates

READ, for your Lord is most Generous

[it is He] Who teaches by means of the pen

teaches man what he does not know

However man acts so arrogant

for he considers he is self-sufficient

Yet to your Lord will be the Return

Have you seen someone who stops

a worshipper as he prays

Have you considered whether he is [looking] for guidance

or ordering heedfulness

Have you seen whether he has rejected [the message] and turned away

Does he not know that God sees [everything]

Of course not! Yet if he does not stop, We shall catch him by his forelock

Such a lying, sinful forelock

Let him appeal to his henchmen

We shall appeal to the avenging [angels]

Of course, do not obey him; bow down on your knees, and come closer