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96:1  Read in the name of your Lord who created!
96:2  [He] created the human from a clinging mass.
96:3  Read! Your Lord is Most Bountiful.
96:4  He taught by the pen.
96:5  [He] taught the human what he/she did not know.
96:6  Alas! The human is bound to sin.
96:7  [Humanity] looks upon itself as independent.
96:8  Truly, to your Lord is the return.
96:9  Do you see anyone trying to prevent…
96:10  …a servant [of Allah] from praying?
96:11  Do you see whether he/she has guidance…
96:12  …and directs righteousness?
96:13  Do you see if he/she rejects and turns away?
96:14  Does he/she not know that Allah sees?
96:15  Let him/her beware! If he/she does not desist, We will drag him/her by the frontal lobes.
96:16  [They are] lying, sinful frontal lobes.
96:17  Then let him/her call to his/her associates.
96:18  We will call on the angels of punishment.
96:19  Beware! Do not obey him/her. Prostrate in adoration. Bring yourself closer [to Allah].