96:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ
Iqra bismi rab bikal lazee khalaq
READ in the name of thy Sustainer, who has-
QUR’AN · SURAH 96
Al-Alaq
The Clot · undefined verses · Meccan
Translation of meaning: Muhammad Asad. Transliteration is a learning aid; it cannot capture every Arabic sound. Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy via Islamic Network. Recitation is streamed from Islamic Network and requires internet access.
96:2
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ
Khalaqal insaana min 'alaq
created man out of a germ-cell
96:3
ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ
Iqra wa rab bukal akram
Read - for thy Sustainer is the Most Bountiful One
96:4
ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ
Al lazee 'allama bil qalam
who has taught [man] the use of the pen –
96:5
عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
'Al lamal insaana ma lam y'alam
taught man what he did not know!
96:6
كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ
Kallaa innal insaana layatghaa
Nay, verily, man becomes grossly overweening
96:7
أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ
Ar-ra aahus taghnaa
whenever he believes himself to be self-sufficient:
96:8
إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ
Innna ilaa rabbikar ruj'aa
for, behold, unto thy Sustainer all must return.
96:9
أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ
Ara-aital lazee yanhaa
HAST THOU ever considered him who tries to prevent
96:10
عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ
'Abdan iza sallaa
a servant [of God] from praying?
96:11
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ
Ara-aita in kana 'alal hudaa
Hast thou considered whether he is on the right way,
96:12
أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ
Au amara bit taqwaa
or is concerned with God-consciousness?
96:13
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
Ara-aita in kaz zaba wa ta walla
Hast thou considered whether he may [not] be giving the lie to the truth and turning his back [upon it]?
96:14
أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ
Alam y'alam bi-an nal lahaa yaraa
Does he, then, not know that God sees [all]?
96:15
كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ
Kalla la illam yantahi la nasfa'am bin nasiyah
Nay, if he desist not, We shall most surely drag him down upon his forehead
96:16
نَاصِيَةٍۢ كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍۢ
Nasiyatin kazi batin khaatiyah
the lying, rebellious forehead! –
96:17
فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ
Fal yad'u naadiyah
and then let him summon [to his aid] the counsels of his own [spurious] wisdom,
96:18
سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ
Sanad 'uz zabaaniyah
[the while] We shall summon the forces of heavenly chastisement!
96:19
كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩
Kalla; la tuti'hu wasjud waqtarib
Nay, pay thou no heed to him, but prostrate thyself [before God] and draw close [unto Him]!
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Qur’an 96:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ
READ in the name of thy Sustainer, who has-
Qur’an 96:2
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ
created man out of a germ-cell
Qur’an 96:3
ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ
Read - for thy Sustainer is the Most Bountiful One
Qur’an 96:4
ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ
who has taught [man] the use of the pen –
Qur’an 96:5
عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
taught man what he did not know!
Qur’an 96:6
كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ
Nay, verily, man becomes grossly overweening
Qur’an 96:7
أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ
whenever he believes himself to be self-sufficient:
Qur’an 96:8
إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ
for, behold, unto thy Sustainer all must return.
Qur’an 96:9
أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ
HAST THOU ever considered him who tries to prevent
Qur’an 96:10
عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ
a servant [of God] from praying?
Qur’an 96:11
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ
Hast thou considered whether he is on the right way,
Qur’an 96:12
أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ
or is concerned with God-consciousness?
Qur’an 96:13
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
Hast thou considered whether he may [not] be giving the lie to the truth and turning his back [upon it]?
Qur’an 96:14
أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ
Does he, then, not know that God sees [all]?
Qur’an 96:15
كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ
Nay, if he desist not, We shall most surely drag him down upon his forehead
Qur’an 96:16
نَاصِيَةٍۢ كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍۢ
the lying, rebellious forehead! –
Qur’an 96:17
فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ
and then let him summon [to his aid] the counsels of his own [spurious] wisdom,
Qur’an 96:18
سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ
[the while] We shall summon the forces of heavenly chastisement!
Qur’an 96:19
كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩
Nay, pay thou no heed to him, but prostrate thyself [before God] and draw close [unto Him]!