أَمّا مَنِ استَغنىٰ

As for he who thinks himself without need,

فَأَنتَ لَهُ تَصَدّىٰ

To him you give attention.

وَما عَلَيكَ أَلّا يَزَّكّىٰ

And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.

وَأَمّا مَن جاءَكَ يَسعىٰ

But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]

وَهُوَ يَخشىٰ

While he fears [Allah],

كَلّا إِنَّها تَذكِرَةٌ

No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;

فَمَن شاءَ ذَكَرَهُ

So whoever wills may remember it.

في صُحُفٍ مُكَرَّمَةٍ

[It is recorded] in honored sheets,

مَرفوعَةٍ مُطَهَّرَةٍ

Exalted and purified,

بِأَيدي سَفَرَةٍ

[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,