96 - The Clot
The Clot
  1. Recite: In the Name of thy Lord who created,
  2. created Man of a blood-clot.
  3. Recite: And thy Lord is the Most Generous,
  4. who taught by the Pen,
  5. taught Man that he knew not.
  6. No indeed; surely Man waxes insolent,
  7. for he thinks himself self-sufficient.
  8. Surely unto thy Lord is the Returning.
  9. What thinkest thou? He who forbids
  10. a servant when he prays --
  11. What thinkest thou? If he were upon guidance
  12. or bade to godfearing --
  13. What thinkest thou? If he cries lies, and turns away -
  14. Did he not know that God sees?
  15. No indeed; surely, if he gives not over, We shall seize him by the forelock,
  16. a lying, sinful forelock.
  17. So let him call on his concourse!
  18. We shall call on the guards of Hell.
  19. No indeed; do thou not obey him, and bow thyself, and draw nigh.