Iqra/ bi-ismi rabbikalladzii khalaq
[96:1] Read in the name of your Lord Who created.
[96:1] Bacalah dengan (menyebut) nama Tuhanmu Yang menciptakan,
Khalaqa l-insaana min 'alaq
[96:2] He created man from a clot.
[96:2] Dia telah menciptakan manusia dari segumpal darah.
Iqra/ warabbuka l-akram
[96:3] Read and your Lord is Most Honorable,
[96:3] Bacalah, dan Tuhanmulah Yang Maha Pemurah,
Alladzii 'allama bilqalam
[96:4] Who taught (to write) with the pen
[96:4] Yang mengajar (manusia) dengan perantara kalam,
'allama l-insaana maa lam ya'lam
[96:5] Taught man what he knew not.
[96:5] Dia mengajar kepada manusia apa yang tidak diketahuinya.
Kallaa inna l-insaana layathghaa
[96:6] Nay! man is most surely inordinate,
[96:6] Ketahuilah! Sesungguhnya manusia benar-benar melampaui batas,
An raaahu istaghnaa
[96:7] Because he sees himself free from want.
[96:7] karena dia melihat dirinya serba cukup.
Inna ilaa rabbika rruj'aa
[96:8] Surely to your Lord is the return.
[96:8] Sesungguhnya hanya kepada Tuhanmulah kembali(mu).
Ara-aytalladzii yanhaa
[96:9] Have you seen him who forbids
[96:9] Bagaimana pendapatmu tentang orang yang melarang,
'abdan idzaa shallaa
[96:10] A servant when he prays?
[96:10] seorang hamba ketika mengerjakan shalat,
Ara-ayta in kaana 'alaa lhudaa
[96:11] Have you considered if he were on the right way,
[96:11] bagaimana pendapatmu jika orang yang melarang itu berada di atas kebenaran,
Aw amara bittaqwaa
[96:12] Or enjoined guarding (against evil)?
[96:12] atau dia menyuruh bertakwa (kepada Allah)?
Ara-ayta in kadzdzaba watawallaa
[96:13] Have you considered if he gives the lie to the truth and turns (his) back?
[96:13] Bagaimana pendapatmu jika orang yang melarang itu mendustakan dan berpaling?
Alam ya'lam bi-annallaaha yaraa
[96:14] Does he not know that Allah does see?
[96:14] Tidaklah dia mengetahui bahwa sesungguhnya Allah melihat segala perbuatannya?
Kallaa la-in lam yantahi lanasfa'an binnaasiya
[96:15] Nay! if he desist not, We would certainly smite his forehead,
[96:15] Ketahuilah, sungguh jika dia tidak berhenti (berbuat demikian) niscaya Kami tarik ubun-ubunnya,
Naasiyatin kaadzibatin khaathi-a
[96:16] A lying, sinful forehead.
[96:16] (yaitu) ubun-ubun orang yang mendustakan lagi durhaka.
Falyad'u naadiyah
[96:17] Then let him summon his council,
[96:17] Maka biarlah dia memanggil golongannya (untuk menolongnya),
Sanad'u zzabaaniya
[96:18] We too would summon the braves of the army.
[96:18] kelak Kami akan memanggil malaikat Zabaniyah,
Kallaa laa tuthi'hu wasjud waqtarib
[96:19] Nay! obey him not, and make obeisance and draw nigh (to Allah).
[96:19] sekali-kali jangan, janganlah kamu patuh kepadanya; dan sujudlah dan dekatkanlah (dirimu kepada Tuhan).
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