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1.  *     (Muhammad), read in the name of your Lord who created (all things).
 
2.  *     He created man from a clot of blood.
 
3.  *     Recite! Your Lord is the most Honorable One,
 
4.  *     who, by the pen, taught the human being:.
 
5.  *     He taught the human being what he did not know.
 
6.  *     Despite this, the human being still tends to rebel
 
7.  *     because he thinks that he is independent.
 
8.  *     However, (all things) will return to your Lord.
 
9.  *     Have you seen the one who prohibits
 
10.  *     a servant of Ours from prayer?
 
11.  *     What will happen if the praying person is rightly guided
 
12.  *     or if he commands others to maintain piety!?
 
13.  *     What will happen if the prohibiting rejects the Truth and turns away from it!?
 
14.  *     Does he not realize that God sees him?
 
15.  *     Let him know that if he does not desist, We shall certainly drag him by his forelocks,
 
16.  *     his lying sinful forelock.
 
17.  *     Let him call on his associates for help
 
18.  *     and We too will call the stern and angry keepers of hell.
 
19.  *     (Muhammad), never yield to him! Prostrate yourself and try to come closer to God.