Surah Al-'Alaq — العلق

Chapter 96 of the Qur'an · “The Clot” · 19 verses · revealed in Makkah

1. 96:1 ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ Read, in the name of your Lord who created —
2. 96:2 خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ created the human being from a clinging clot.
3. 96:3 ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ Read — and your Lord is the Most Generous,
4. 96:4 ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ who taught by the pen,
5. 96:5 عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ taught the human being what he did not know.
6. 96:6 كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ No — the human being truly transgresses
7. 96:7 أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ when he sees himself as self-sufficient.
8. 96:8 إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ Indeed, to your Lord is the return.
9. 96:9 أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ Have you seen the one who forbids
10. 96:10 عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ a servant when he prays?
11. 96:11 أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ Have you considered whether he is upon guidance,
12. 96:12 أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ or calls others to mindfulness of God?
13. 96:13 أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ Have you considered if he denies the truth and turns away?
14. 96:14 أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ Does he not know that God sees?
15. 96:15 كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ No indeed! If he does not stop, we will seize him by the forelock—
16. 96:16 نَاصِيَةٍ كَـٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ a lying, sinful forelock.
17. 96:17 فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ Then let him call his council,
18. 96:18 سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ we will summon the guards of hell.
19. 96:19 كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩ No — do not obey him. Prostrate, and draw near.

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