اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ ٣
Proclaim! And thy Lord is Most Bountiful,-
اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ ٣
Proclaim! And thy Lord is Most Bountiful,-
الَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ ٤
He Who taught (the use of) the pen,-
عَلَّمَ الْإِنْسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ ٥
Taught man that which he knew not.
كَلَّا إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لَيَطْغَىٰ ٦
Day, but man doth transgress all bounds,
أَنْ رَآهُ اسْتَغْنَىٰ ٧
In that he looketh upon himself as self-sufficient.