Selected Quranic verses

﴿ ٱقۡرَأۡ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلۡأَكۡرَمُ ﴾

Read, and your Lord is the Most Generous,

﴿ ٱلَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِٱلۡقَلَمِ ﴾

Who taught by the pen,

﴿ عَلَّمَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمۡ يَعۡلَمۡ ﴾

taught man what he did not know[1].

﴿ كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطۡغَىٰٓ ﴾

Indeed, man transgresses

﴿ أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰٓ ﴾

when he deems himself to be self-sufficient.

﴿ إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجۡعَىٰٓ ﴾

Indeed, to your Lord is the return.

﴿ أَرَءَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِي يَنۡهَىٰ ﴾

Have you seen the one who prevents[2]

﴿ عَبۡدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ ﴾

a slave [of Allah] from praying[3]?

﴿ أَرَءَيۡتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ ﴾

What if this [slave] is rightly guided,

﴿ أَوۡ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقۡوَىٰٓ ﴾

and enjoins righteousness?

﴿ أَرَءَيۡتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ﴾

How about the one who denies and turns away[4]?

﴿ أَلَمۡ يَعۡلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ ﴾

Does he not know that Allah is watching all?