Surah Al-'Alaq (العلق) — The Clot

1. Ayah 1

   بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ

   Read, ˹O Prophet,˺ in the Name of your Lord Who created—

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2. Ayah 2

   خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ

   created humans from a clinging clot

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3. Ayah 3

   ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ

   Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous

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4. Ayah 4

   ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ

   Who taught by the pen—

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5. Ayah 5

   عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ

   taught humanity what they knew not

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6. Ayah 6

   كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ

   Most certainly, one exceeds all bounds

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7. Ayah 7

   أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ

   once they think they are self-sufficient

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8. Ayah 8

   إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ

   ˹But˺ surely to your Lord is the return ˹of all˺

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9. Ayah 9

   أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ

   Have you seen the man who prevents

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10. Ayah 10

    عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ

    a servant ˹of Ours˺ from praying

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11. Ayah 11

    أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ

    What if this ˹servant˺ is ˹rightly˺ guided

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12. Ayah 12

    أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ

    or encourages righteousness

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13. Ayah 13

    أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

    What if that ˹man˺ persists in denial and turns away

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14. Ayah 14

    أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ

    Does he not know that Allah sees ˹all˺

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15. Ayah 15

    كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ

    But no! If he does not desist, We will certainly drag him by the forelock—

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16. Ayah 16

    نَاصِيَةٍ كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ

    a lying, sinful forelock

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17. Ayah 17

    فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ

    So let him call his associates

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18. Ayah 18

    سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ

    We will call the wardens of Hell

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19. Ayah 19

    كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩

    Again, no! Never obey him ˹O Prophet˺! Rather, ˹continue to˺ prostrate and draw near ˹to Allah˺

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English translation: The Clear Quran (Dr. Mustafa Khattab). Arabic: Tanzil / Uthmani text.