Surah 96 · 19 verses · Meccan
سُوْرَةُ الْعَلَقِ
Al-Alaq · The Clot
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ﴿١﴾
96:1Recite in the name of your Lord who created -
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ ﴿٢﴾
96:2Created man from a clinging substance.
ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ ﴿٣﴾
96:3Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous -
ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ ﴿٤﴾
96:4Who taught by the pen -
عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ ﴿٥﴾
96:5Taught man that which he knew not.
كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ ﴿٦﴾
96:6No! [But] indeed, man transgresses
أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ ﴿٧﴾
96:7Because he sees himself self-sufficient.
إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ ﴿٨﴾
96:8Indeed, to your Lord is the return.
أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ ﴿٩﴾
96:9Have you seen the one who forbids
عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ ﴿١٠﴾
96:10A servant when he prays?
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ ﴿١١﴾
96:11Have you seen if he is upon guidance
أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ ﴿١٢﴾
96:12Or enjoins righteousness?
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ﴿١٣﴾
96:13Have you seen if he denies and turns away -
أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ ﴿١٤﴾
96:14Does he not know that Allah sees?
كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ ﴿١٥﴾
96:15No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock -
نَاصِيَةٍ كَـٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ ﴿١٦﴾
96:16A lying, sinning forelock.
فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ ﴿١٧﴾
96:17Then let him call his associates;
سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ ﴿١٨﴾
96:18We will call the angels of Hell.
كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩ ﴿١٩﴾
96:19No! Do not obey him. But prostrate and draw near [to Allah].