Chapter 96: Surah Al-‘Alaq (The Clot)
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Chapter 96: Surah Al-‘Alaq (سورة العلق)
Meaning: The Clot | Has 19 Verses | Revealed In: Mecca (Makki Surah)
1. ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ
Read in the name of your Lord who created—
2. خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍۢ
Created man from a clinging clot (semen).
3. ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ
Read, and your Lord is the Most Generous—
4. ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ
Who taught by the pen—
5. عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
Taught man what he did not know.
6. كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ
No! Indeed, man transgresses
7. أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ
Because he sees himself as self-sufficient.
8. إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ
Indeed, to your Lord is the return.
9. أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ
Have you seen the one who forbids
10. عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰ
A servant when he prays?
11. أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ
Have you seen if he is upon guidance
12. أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ
Or enjoins righteousness?
13. أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
Have you seen if he denies and turns away—
14. أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ
Does he not know that Allah sees?
15. كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ
No! If he does not stop, We will surely drag him by the forelock—
16. نَاصِيَةٍ كَـٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍۢ
A lying, sinning forelock.
17. فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ
Then let him call his associates;
18. سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ
We will call the angels of Hell.
19. كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب
No! Do not obey him. But prostrate and draw near [to Allah].
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Meaning: The Clot | Has 19 Verses | Revealed In: Mecca (Makki Surah)
1. ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ
Read in the name of your Lord who created—
2. خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍۢ
Created man from a clinging clot (semen).
3. ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ
Read, and your Lord is the Most Generous—
4. ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ
Who taught by the pen—
5. عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
Taught man what he did not know.
6. كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ
No! Indeed, man transgresses
7. أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ
Because he sees himself as self-sufficient.
8. إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ
Indeed, to your Lord is the return.
9. أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ
Have you seen the one who forbids
10. عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰ
A servant when he prays?
11. أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ
Have you seen if he is upon guidance
12. أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ
Or enjoins righteousness?
13. أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
Have you seen if he denies and turns away—
14. أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ
Does he not know that Allah sees?
15. كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ
No! If he does not stop, We will surely drag him by the forelock—
16. نَاصِيَةٍ كَـٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍۢ
A lying, sinning forelock.
17. فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ
Then let him call his associates;
18. سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ
We will call the angels of Hell.
19. كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب
No! Do not obey him. But prostrate and draw near [to Allah].
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