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96. Al-Alaq - The Clot
| 1 | READ IN THE name of your Lord who created, |
| 2 | Created man from an embryo; |
| 3 | Read, for your Lord is most beneficent, |
| 4 | Who taught by the pen, |
| 5 | Taught man what he did not know. |
| 6 | And yet, but yet man is rebellious, |
| 7 | For he thinks he is sufficient in himself. |
| 8 | Surely your returning is to your Lord. |
| 9 | Have you seen him who restrains |
| 10 | A votary when he turns to his devotions? |
| 11 | Have you thought, if he had been on guidance |
| 12 | Or had enjoined piety, (it would have been better)? |
| 13 | Have you thought that if he denies and turns away, |
| 14 | Does he not know that God sees? |
| 15 | And yet indeed if he does not desist We shall drag him by the forelock, |
| 16 | By the lying, the sinful forelock. |
| 17 | So let him call his associates, |
| 18 | We shall call the guards of Hell. |
| 19 | Beware! Do not obey him, but bow in adoration and draw near (to your Lord). |