Juz 30 — Amma Yatasa'aloon

Which had weighed upon your back

And raised high for you your repute.

For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease [i.e., relief].

Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.

So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].

And to your Lord direct [your] longing.

By the fig and the olive

And [by] Mount Sinai

And [by] this secure city [i.e., Makkah],

We have certainly created man in the best of stature;

Then We return him to the lowest of the low,

Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds, for they will have a reward uninterrupted.

So what yet causes you to deny the Recompense?

Is not Allāh the most just of judges?

Recite in the name of your Lord who created

Created man from a clinging substance.

Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous -

Who taught by the pen

Taught man that which he knew not.

No! [But] indeed, man transgresses