96:1
ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ١

Read, ˹O Prophet,˺ in the Name of your Lord Who created—



96:2
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ ٢

created humans from a clinging clot.



96:3
ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ ٣

Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous,



96:4
ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ ٤

Who taught by the pen—



96:5
عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ ٥

taught humanity what they knew not. 



96:6
كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ ٦

Most certainly, one exceeds all bounds



96:7
أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ ٧

once they think they are self-sufficient.



96:8
إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ ٨

˹But˺ surely to your Lord is the return ˹of all˺.



96:9
أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ ٩

Have you seen the man who prevents



96:10
عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ ١٠

a servant ˹of Ours˺ from praying?



96:11
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ ١١

What if this ˹servant˺ is ˹rightly˺ guided,



96:12
أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ ١٢

or encourages righteousness?



96:13
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ١٣

What if that ˹man˺ persists in denial and turns away?



96:14
أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ ١٤

Does he not know that Allah sees ˹all˺?



96:15
كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ ١٥

But no! If he does not desist, We will certainly drag him by the forelock—



96:16
نَاصِيَةٍۢ كَـٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍۢ ١٦

a lying, sinful forelock.



96:17
فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ ١٧

So let him call his associates.



96:18
سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ ١٨

We will call the wardens of Hell.



96:19
كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩ ١٩

Again, no! Never obey him ˹O Prophet˺! Rather, ˹continue to˺ prostrate and draw near ˹to Allah˺.