English - Chapter 96 - Al-Alaq

READ in the name of your Lord Who creates

creates man from a clot

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

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