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1Read! In the name of your Lord who created

2He created manfrom a clinging form

3Read! Your Lord is the Most Bountiful One

4who taught by [means of] the pen

5who taught man what he did not know

6But man exceeds all bounds

7when he thinks he is self-sufficient

8[Prophet], all will return to your Lord

9Have you seen the man who forbids

10[Our] servant to pray

11Have you seen whether he is rightly guided

12or encourages true piety

13Have you seen whether he denies the truth and turns away from it

14Does he not realize that God sees all

15No! If he does not stop, We shall drag him by his forehead––

16his lying, sinful forehead

17Let him summon his comrades

18We shall summon the guards of Hell

19No! Do not obey him [Prophet]: bow down in worship and draw close