Verses 1–17

ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ﴿١﴾

96:1Read in the Name of your Lord who created;

خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ﴿٢﴾

96:2created man from a clinging mass.⁵

ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ﴿٣﴾

96:3Read, and your Lord is the most generous,

ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ﴿٤﴾

96:4who taught by the pen,

عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ﴿٥﴾

96:5taught man what he did not know.

كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ﴿٦﴾

96:6Indeed man becomes rebellious⁶

أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ﴿٧﴾

96:7when he considers himself without need.

إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ﴿٨﴾

96:8Indeed to your Lord is the return.

أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ﴿٩﴾

96:9Tell me, he who forbids

عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ﴿١٠﴾

96:10a servant when he prays,

أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ﴿١١﴾

96:11tell me, should he be on [true] guidance,

أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ﴿١٢﴾

96:12or bid [others] to Godwariness,

أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ﴿١٣﴾

96:13tell me, should he call him a liar and turn away⁷

أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ﴿١٤﴾

96:14—does he not know that Allah sees [him]?

كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ﴿١٥﴾

96:15No indeed! If he does not cease, We shall seize him by the forelock,⁸⁹

نَاصِيَةٍۢ كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍۢ﴿١٦﴾

96:16a lying, sinful forelock!

فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ﴿١٧﴾

96:17Then let him call out his gang!^*