أَو يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ الذِّكرىٰ

Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

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]

فَأَنتَ عَنهُ تَلَهّىٰ

From him you are distracted.

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,