Quran Page 597

الَّذِي أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ ٣

Which had weighed upon your back

وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ ٤

And raised high for you your repute.

فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا ٥

For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease [i.e., relief].

إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا ٦

Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.

فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانصَبْ ٧

So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].

وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَارْغَب ٨

And to your Lord direct [your] longing.

وَالتِّينِ وَالزَّيْتُونِ ١

By the fig and the olive

وَطُورِ سِينِينَ ٢

And [by] Mount Sinai

وَهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ الْأَمِينِ ٣

And [by] this secure city [i.e., Makkah],

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ ٤

We have certainly created man in the best of stature;

ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَاهُ أَسْفَلَ سَافِلِينَ ٥

Then We return him to the lowest of the low,

إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ فَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ ٦

Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds, for they will have a reward uninterrupted.

فَمَا يُكَذِّبُكَ بَعْدُ بِالدِّينِ ٧

So what yet causes you to deny the Recompense?

أَلَيْسَ اللَّهُ بِأَحْكَمِ الْحَاكِمِينَ ٨

Is not Allāh the most just of judges?

اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ ١

Recite in the name of your Lord who created –

خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ ٢

Created man from a clinging substance.

اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ ٣

Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous -

الَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ ٤

Who taught by the pen –

عَلَّمَ الْإِنسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ ٥

Taught man that which he knew not.

كَلَّا إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لَيَطْغَىٰ ٦

No! [But] indeed, man transgresses

أَن رَّآهُ اسْتَغْنَىٰ ٧

Because he sees himself self-sufficient.

إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ الرُّجْعَىٰ ٨

Indeed, to your Lord is the return.

أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَىٰ ٩

Have you seen the one who forbids

عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰ ١٠

A servant when he prays?

أَرَأَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ ١١

Have you seen if he is upon guidance

أَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوَىٰ ١٢

Or enjoins righteousness?