بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
96:1
ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ
96:1
Read! In the name of your Lord, who created: - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
96:2
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ
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created man from a clot [of blood]. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
96:3
ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ
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Read! Your Lord is the Most Bountiful One - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
96:4
ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ
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who taught by the pen, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
96:5
عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
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taught man what he did not know. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
96:6
كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ
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Yet man behaves arrogantly, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
96:7
أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ
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because he thinks himself self-sufficient: - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
96:8
إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ
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truly, all will return to your Lord. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
96:9
أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ
96:9
Have you seen one who prevents - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
96:10
عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ
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a worshipper from praying? - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
96:11
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ
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Do you think he is rightly guided, - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
96:12
أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ
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or enjoins true piety? - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
96:13
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
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Do you see how he has denied the truth and turned away from it? - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
96:14
أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ
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Does he not know that God observes all things? - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
96:15
كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ
96:15
Let him beware! If he does not desist, We will drag him by the forelock -- - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
96:16
نَاصِيَةٍ كَـٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ
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his lying, sinful forelock. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
96:17
فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ
96:17
Then let him call his associates; - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
96:18
سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ
96:18
We shall summon the guards of Hell. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)
96:19
كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩
96:19
No indeed! Do not obey him, but prostrate yourself and come closer to God. - Wahiduddin Khan (English)