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Verse 1
ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ
Transliteration
Iqra bismi rab bikal lazee khalaq
Translation
Read, ˹O Prophet,˺ in the Name of your Lord Who created—
Surah 96
The Clot
العلق
Al-'Alaq
Medinan19 Verses
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Verse 2
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ
Transliteration
Khalaqal insaana min 'alaq
Translation
created humans from a clinging clot.
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Verse 3
ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ
Transliteration
Iqra wa rab bukal akram
Translation
Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous,
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Verse 4
ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ
Transliteration
Al lazee 'allama bil qalam
Translation
Who taught by the pen—
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Verse 5
عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
Transliteration
'Al lamal insaana ma lam y'alam
Translation
taught humanity what they knew not.
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Verse 6
كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ
Transliteration
Kallaa innal insaana layatghaa
Translation
Most certainly, one exceeds all bounds
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Verse 7
أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ
Transliteration
Ar-ra aahus taghnaa
Translation
once they think they are self-sufficient.
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Verse 8
إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ
Transliteration
Innna ilaa rabbikar ruj'aa
Translation
˹But˺ surely to your Lord is the return ˹of all˺.
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Verse 9
أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ
Transliteration
Ara-aital lazee yanhaa
Translation
Have you seen the man who prevents
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Verse 10
عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ
Transliteration
'Abdan iza sallaa
Translation
a servant ˹of Ours˺ from praying?
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Verse 11
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ
Transliteration
Ara-aita in kana 'alal hudaa
Translation
What if this ˹servant˺ is ˹rightly˺ guided,
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Verse 12
أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ
Transliteration
Au amara bit taqwaa
Translation
or encourages righteousness?
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Verse 13
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
Transliteration
Ara-aita in kaz zaba wa ta walla
Translation
What if that ˹man˺ persists in denial and turns away?
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Verse 14
أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ
Transliteration
Alam y'alam bi-an nal lahaa yaraa
Translation
Does he not know that Allah sees ˹all˺?
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Verse 15
كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ
Transliteration
Kalla la illam yantahi la nasfa'am bin nasiyah
Translation
But no! If he does not desist, We will certainly drag him by the forelock—
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Verse 16
نَاصِيَةٍۢ كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍۢ
Transliteration
Nasiyatin kazi batin khaatiah
Translation
a lying, sinful forelock.
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Verse 17
فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ
Transliteration
Fal yad'u naadiyah
Translation
So let him call his associates.
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Verse 18
سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ
Transliteration
Sanad 'uz zabaaniyah
Translation
We will call the wardens of Hell.
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Verse 19
كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩
Transliteration
Kalla; la tuti'hu wasjud waqtarib
Translation
Again, no! Never obey him ˹O Prophet˺! Rather, ˹continue to˺ prostrate and draw near ˹to Allah˺.