Surah 96 · Makki

Al-'Alaq

The Clot · 19 ayat

العلق

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96:1

ٱقۡرَأۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ﴿1﴾

Recite in the name of your Lord who created

96:2

خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِنۡ عَلَقٍ﴿2﴾

Created man from a clinging substance

96:3

ٱقۡرَأۡ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلۡأَكۡرَمُ﴿3﴾

Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous

96:4

ٱلَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِٱلۡقَلَمِ﴿4﴾

Who taught by the pen

96:5

عَلَّمَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمۡ يَعۡلَمۡ﴿5﴾

Taught man that which he knew not

96:6

كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطۡغَىٰٓ﴿6﴾

No! [But] indeed, man transgresses

96:7

أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰٓ﴿7﴾

Because he sees himself self-sufficient

96:8

إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجۡعَىٰٓ﴿8﴾

Indeed, to your Lord is the return

96:9

أَرَءَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِي يَنۡهَىٰ﴿9﴾

Have you seen the one who forbids

96:10

عَبۡدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ﴿10﴾

A servant when he prays

96:11

أَرَءَيۡتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ﴿11﴾

Have you seen if he is upon guidance

96:12

أَوۡ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقۡوَىٰٓ﴿12﴾

Or enjoins righteousness

96:13

أَرَءَيۡتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ﴿13﴾

Have you seen if he denies and turns away

96:14

أَلَمۡ يَعۡلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ﴿14﴾

Does he not know that Allah sees

96:15

كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمۡ يَنتَهِ لَنَسۡفَعَۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ﴿15﴾

No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock

96:16

نَاصِيَةٖ كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٖ﴿16﴾

A lying, sinning forelock

96:17

فَلۡيَدۡعُ نَادِيَهُۥ﴿17﴾

Then let him call his associates

96:18

سَنَدۡعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ﴿18﴾

We will call the angels of Hell

96:19

كَلَّا لَا تُطِعۡهُ وَٱسۡجُدۡۤ وَٱقۡتَرِب۩﴿19﴾

No! Do not obey him. But prostrate and draw near [to Allah]

Translation

Saheeh International by Umm Muhammad. Arabic text sourced from The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia. Dataset Quran JSON v3.1.2, CC-BY-SA-4.0.