96:1
ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ 
1
iq'ra bi-is'mi rabbika alladhī khalaqa
— Transliteration
Recite in the name of your Lord who created -
— Saheeh International
Surah 96 · 19 verses
Al-'Alaq
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96:2
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ 2
khalaqa l-insāna min ʿalaqin
— Transliteration
Created man from a clinging substance.
— Saheeh International
96:3
ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ 3
iq'ra warabbuka l-akramu
— Transliteration
Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous -
— Saheeh International
96:4
ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ 4
alladhī ʿallama bil-qalami
— Transliteration
Who taught by the pen -
— Saheeh International
96:5
عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ 5
ʿallama l-insāna mā lam yaʿlam
— Transliteration
Taught man that which he knew not.
— Saheeh International
96:6
كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ 6
kallā inna l-insāna layaṭghā
— Transliteration
No! [But] indeed, man transgresses
— Saheeh International
96:7
أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ 7
an raāhu is'taghnā
— Transliteration
Because he sees himself self-sufficient.
— Saheeh International
96:8
إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ 8
inna ilā rabbika l-ruj'ʿā
— Transliteration
Indeed, to your Lord is the return.
— Saheeh International
96:9
أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ 9
ara-ayta alladhī yanhā
— Transliteration
Have you seen the one who forbids
— Saheeh International
96:10
عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ 10
ʿabdan idhā ṣallā
— Transliteration
A servant when he prays?
— Saheeh International
96:11
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ 11
ara-ayta in kāna ʿalā l-hudā
— Transliteration
Have you seen if he is upon guidance
— Saheeh International
96:12
أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ 12
aw amara bil-taqwā
— Transliteration
Or enjoins righteousness?
— Saheeh International
96:13
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ 13
ara-ayta in kadhaba watawallā
— Transliteration
Have you seen if he denies and turns away -
— Saheeh International
96:14
أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ 14
alam yaʿlam bi-anna l-laha yarā
— Transliteration
Does he not know that Allah sees?
— Saheeh International
96:15
كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ 15
kallā la-in lam yantahi lanasfaʿan bil-nāṣiyati
— Transliteration
No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock -
— Saheeh International
96:16
نَاصِيَةٍ كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ 16
nāṣiyatin kādhibatin khāṭi-atin
— Transliteration
A lying, sinning forelock.
— Saheeh International
96:17
فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ 17
falyadʿu nādiyahu
— Transliteration
Then let him call his associates;
— Saheeh International
96:18
سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ 18
sanadʿu l-zabāniyata
— Transliteration
We will call the angels of Hell.
— Saheeh International
96:19
كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩ 19
kallā lā tuṭiʿ'hu wa-us'jud wa-iq'tarib
— Transliteration
No! Do not obey him. But prostrate and draw near [to Allah].
— Saheeh International