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96:1  READ (or proclaim), in the name of your Lord! Who create
96:2  Created man from a clot
96:3  Read (or proclaim), for your Lord is most Bountiful
96:4  Who teaches by the pen
96:5  Taught man what he did not know
96:6  Nay, verily, man is indeed rebelliou
96:7  In that he thinks himself independent (or self-sufficient or rich)
96:8  Verily, unto your Lord is the return
96:9  Have you considered him who forbids
96:10  A servant when he prays
96:11  Have you considered if he were in guidanc
96:12  Or bade piety
96:13  Have you considered if he denied the truth, and turned his back
96:14  Does he not know that Allah can see
96:15  Nay, surely, if he does not desist, We will drag him by the forelock
96:16  The lying sinful forelock
96:17  So let him call his council (or comrades)
96:18  We will call the guards of Hell
96:19  Nay, obey him not, but adore and draw nigh (unto Allah)