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العلق

Al-'Alaq

The Clot19 Verses40 Hadithsmakkah

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

96:1
ٱقۡرَأۡ
Read
بِٱسۡمِ
in (the) name
رَبِّكَ
(of) your Lord
ٱلَّذِى
the One Who
خَلَقَ
created
١
Recite in the name of your Lord who created
96:2
خَلَقَ
He created
ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ
man
مِنۡ
from
عَلَقٍ
a clinging substance
٢
Created man from a clinging substance.
96:3
ٱقۡرَأۡ
Read
وَرَبُّكَ
and your Lord
ٱلۡأَكۡرَمُ
(is) the Most Generous
٣
Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous -
96:4
ٱلَّذِى
The One Who
عَلَّمَ
taught
بِٱلۡقَلَمِ
by the pen
٤
Who taught by the pen
96:5
عَلَّمَ
Taught
ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ
man
مَا
what
لَمۡ
not
يَعۡلَمۡ
he knew
٥
Taught man that which he knew not.
96:6
كَلَّآ
Nay
إِنَّ
Indeed
ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ
man
لَيَطۡغَىٰٓ
surely transgresses
٦
No! [But] indeed, man transgresses
96:7
أَن
That
رَّءَاهُ
he sees himself
ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰٓ
self-sufficient
٧
Because he sees himself self-sufficient.
96:8
إِنَّ
Indeed
إِلَىٰ
to
رَبِّكَ
your Lord
ٱلرُّجۡعَىٰٓ
(is) the return
٨
Indeed, to your Lord is the return.
96:9
أَرَءَيۡتَ
Have you seen
ٱلَّذِى
the one who
يَنۡهَىٰ
forbids
٩
Have you seen the one who forbids
96:10
عَبۡدًا
A slave
إِذَا
when
صَلَّىٰٓ
he prays
١٠
A servant when he prays?
96:11
أَرَءَيۡتَ
Have you seen
إِن
if
كَانَ
he is
عَلَى
upon
ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ
[the] guidance
١١
Have you seen if he is upon guidance
96:12
أَوۡ
Or
أَمَرَ
he enjoins
بِٱلتَّقۡوَىٰٓ
[of the] righteousness
١٢
Or enjoins righteousness?
96:13
أَرَءَيۡتَ
Have you seen
إِن
if
كَذَّبَ
he denies
وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
and turns away
١٣
Have you seen if he denies and turns away -
96:14
أَلَمۡ
Does not
يَعۡلَم
he know
بِأَنَّ
that
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
يَرَىٰ
sees
١٤
Does he not know that Allāh sees?
96:15
كَلَّا
Nay
لَئِن
If
لَّمۡ
not
يَنتَهِ
he desists
لَنَسۡفَعَۢا
surely We will drag him
بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ
by the forelock
١٥
No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock1
96:16
نَاصِيَةٍ
A forelock
كَـٰذِبَةٍ
lying
خَاطِئَةٍ
sinful
١٦
A lying, sinning forelock.
96:17
فَلۡيَدۡعُ
Then let him call
نَادِيَهُۥ
his associates
١٧
Then let him call his associates;
96:18
سَنَدۡعُ
We will call
ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ
the Angels of Hell
١٨
We will call the angels of Hell.1
96:19
كَلَّا
Nay
لَا
(Do) not
تُطِعۡهُ
obey him
وَٱسۡجُدۡ
But prostrate
وَٱقۡتَرِب
and draw near (to Allah)
۩
No! Do not obey him. But prostrate and draw near [to Allāh].