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[1] READ in the name of thy Sustainer, who has-
[2] created man out of a germ-cell
[3] Read - for thy Sustainer is the Most Bountiful One
[4] who has taught [man] the use of the pen –
[5] taught man what he did not know!
[6] Nay, verily, man becomes grossly overweening
[7] whenever he believes himself to be self-sufficient:
[8] for, behold, unto thy Sustainer all must return.
[9] HAST THOU ever considered him who tries to prevent
[10] a servant [of God] from praying?
[11] Hast thou considered whether he is on the right way,
[12] or is concerned with God-consciousness?
[13] Hast thou considered whether he may [not] be giving the lie to the truth and turning his back [upon it]?
[14] Does he, then, not know that God sees [all]?
[15] Nay, if he desist not, We shall most surely drag him down upon his forehead
[16] the lying, rebellious forehead! –
[17] and then let him summon [to his aid] the counsels of his own [spurious] wisdom,
[18] [the while] We shall summon the forces of heavenly chastisement!
[19] Nay, pay thou no heed to him, but prostrate thyself [before God] and draw close [unto Him]!