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Proclaim! (or read!) in the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, Who created- |
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Created man, out of a (mere) clot of congealed blood: |
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Proclaim! And thy Lord is Most Bountiful,- |
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He Who taught (the use of) the pen,- |
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Taught man that which he knew not. |
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Nay, but man doth transgress all bounds, |
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In that he looketh upon himself as self-sufficient. |
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Verily, to thy Lord is the return (of all). |
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Seest thou one who forbids- |
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A votary when he (turns) to pray? |
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Seest thou if he is on (the road of) Guidance?- |
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Or enjoins Righteousness? |
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Seest thou if he denies (Truth) and turns away? |
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Knoweth he not that Allah doth see? |
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Let him beware! If he desist not, We will drag him by the forelock,- |