With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful.

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Read with the name of your Lord who created (every thing),

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He created man from a clot of blood.

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Read, and your Lord is the most gracious,

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who imparted knowledge by means of the pen.

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He taught man what he did not know.

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In fact, man crosses the limits,

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because he deems himself to be free of need.

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Surely to your Lord is the return.

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Have you seen him who forbids.

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a servant of Allah when he prays?

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Tell me, if he is on the right path,

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or bids piety, (would the former still forbid him?)

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Tell me, if he rejects (the true faith) and turns away,

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does he not know that Allah is watching (him)?

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No! If he does not desist, We will certainly drag (him) by forelock,

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a lying, sinful forelock.

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So let him call the men of his council,

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We will call the soldiers of the Hell.

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No! Never obey him, and bow down in sajdah, and come close to Me.