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],

فَأَنتَ عَنهُ تَلَهّىٰ

From him you are distracted.

كَلّا إِنَّها تَذكِرَةٌ

No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;

في صُحُفٍ مُكَرَّمَةٍ

[It is recorded] in honored sheets,

مَرفوعَةٍ مُطَهَّرَةٍ

Exalted and purified,

بِأَيدي سَفَرَةٍ

[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,

كِرامٍ بَرَرَةٍ

Noble and dutiful.

قُتِلَ الإِنسانُ ما أَكفَرَهُ

Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.