اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ

Iqra bismi rab bikal lazee khalaq

READ IN THE name of your Lord who created,

Surah Number : 96 , Ayat Number : 1

"خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ"

Khalaqal insaana min 'alaq

Created man from an embryo;

Surah Number : 96 , Ayat Number : 2

"اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ"

Iqra wa rab bukal akram

Read, for your Lord is most beneficent,

Surah Number : 96 , Ayat Number : 3

"الَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ"

Al lazee 'allama bil qalam

Who taught by the pen,

Surah Number : 96 , Ayat Number : 4

"عَلَّمَ الْإِنْسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ"

'Al lamal insaana ma lam y'alam

Taught man what he did not know.

Surah Number : 96 , Ayat Number : 5

"كَلَّا إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لَيَطْغَىٰ"

Kallaa innal insaana layatghaa

And yet, but yet man is rebellious,

Surah Number : 96 , Ayat Number : 6

"أَنْ رَآهُ اسْتَغْنَىٰ"

Ar-ra aahus taghnaa

For he thinks he is sufficient in himself.

Surah Number : 96 , Ayat Number : 7

"إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ الرُّجْعَىٰ"

Innna ilaa rabbikar ruj'aa

Surely your returning is to your Lord.

Surah Number : 96 , Ayat Number : 8

"أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَىٰ"

Ara-aital lazee yanhaa

Have you seen him who restrains

Surah Number : 96 , Ayat Number : 9

"عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰ"

'Abdan iza sallaa

A votary when he turns to his devotions?

Surah Number : 96 , Ayat Number : 10

"أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ"

Ara-aita in kana 'alal hudaa

Have you thought, if he had been on guidance

Surah Number : 96 , Ayat Number : 11

"أَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوَىٰ"

Au amara bit taqwaa

Or had enjoined piety, (it would have been better)?

Surah Number : 96 , Ayat Number : 12

"أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ"

Ara-aita in kaz zaba wa ta walla

Have you thought that if he denies and turns away,

Surah Number : 96 , Ayat Number : 13

"أَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَرَىٰ"

Alam y'alam bi-an nal lahaa yaraa

Does he not know that God sees?

Surah Number : 96 , Ayat Number : 14

"كَلَّا لَئِنْ لَمْ يَنْتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًا بِالنَّاصِيَةِ"

Kalla la illam yantahi la nasfa'am bin nasiyah

And yet indeed if he does not desist We shall drag him by the forelock,

Surah Number : 96 , Ayat Number : 15

"نَاصِيَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ"

Nasiyatin kazi batin khaatiyah

By the lying, the sinful forelock.

Surah Number : 96 , Ayat Number : 16

"فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُ"

Fal yad'u naadiyah

So let him call his associates,

Surah Number : 96 , Ayat Number : 17

"سَنَدْعُ الزَّبَانِيَةَ"

Sanad 'uz zabaaniyah

We shall call the guards of Hell.

Surah Number : 96 , Ayat Number : 18

"كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَاسْجُدْ وَاقْتَرِبْ ۩"

Kalla; la tuti'hu wasjud waqtarib (make sajda)

Beware! Do not obey him, but bow in adoration and draw near (to your Lord).

Surah Number : 96 , Ayat Number : 19