العلق

ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ١

Iq'ra bi-is'mi rabbika alladhī khalaqa

Read! In the name of your Lord who created:

خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ ٢

Khalaqa l-insāna min ʿalaqin

He created manfrom a clinging form.

ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ ٣

Iq'ra warabbuka l-akramu

Read! Your Lord is the Most Bountiful One

ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ ٤

Alladhī ʿallama bil-qalami

Who taught by [means of] the pen,

عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ ٥

ʿallama l-insāna mā lam yaʿlam

Who taught man what he did not know.

كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ ٦

Kallā inna l-insāna layaṭghā

But man exceeds all bounds

أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ ٧

An raāhu is'taghnā

When he thinks he is self-sufficient:

إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ ٨

Inna ilā rabbika l-ruj'ʿā

[Prophet], all will return to your Lord.

أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ ٩

Ara-ayta alladhī yanhā

Have you seen the man who forbids

عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ ١٠

ʿabdan idhā ṣallā

[Our] servant to pray?