ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ
Recite in the name of your Lord who created –
Read, ˹O Prophet,˺ in the Name of your Lord Who created—
Al-'Alaq · Surah 96 of 114 · Makkan · 19 verses
Layered translations العلق
The Clot
Sahih International The Clear Quran
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ
Created man from a clinging substance.
created humans from a clinging clot.1
ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ
Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous -
Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous,
ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ
Who taught by the pen –
Who taught by the pen—
عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
Taught man that which he knew not.
taught humanity what they knew not.1
كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ
No! [But] indeed, man transgresses
Most certainly, one exceeds all bounds
أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ
Because he sees himself self-sufficient.
once they think they are self-sufficient.
إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ
Indeed, to your Lord is the return.
˹But˺ surely to your Lord is the return ˹of all˺.
أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ
Have you seen the one who forbids
Have you seen the man who prevents
عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ
A servant when he prays?
a servant ˹of Ours˺ from praying?1
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ
Have you seen if he is upon guidance
What if this ˹servant˺ is ˹rightly˺ guided,
أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ
Or enjoins righteousness?
or encourages righteousness?
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
Have you seen if he denies and turns away -
What if that ˹man˺ persists in denial and turns away?
أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ
Does he not know that Allāh sees?
Does he not know that Allah sees ˹all˺?
كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ
No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock1 –
But no! If he does not desist, We will certainly drag him by the forelock—
نَاصِيَةٍ كَـٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ
A lying, sinning forelock.
a lying, sinful forelock.1
فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ
Then let him call his associates;
So let him call his associates.
سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ
We will call the angels of Hell.1
We will call the wardens of Hell.
كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩
No! Do not obey him. But prostrate and draw near [to Allāh].
Again, no! Never obey him ˹O Prophet˺! Rather, ˹continue to˺ prostrate and draw near ˹to Allah˺.