Read surah Al-Alaq
Surah information
Name
سُورَةُ العَلَقِ
English name
Al-Alaq
Translation
The Clot
Number
96
Ayahs
19
Revelation
Meccan
Translations
بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
1
ٱقۡرَأۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِی خَلَقَ
READ in the name of thy Sustainer, who has-
2
خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ مِنۡ عَلَقٍ
created man out of a germ-cell
3
ٱقۡرَأۡ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلۡأَكۡرَمُ
Read - for thy Sustainer is the Most Bountiful One
4
ٱلَّذِی عَلَّمَ بِٱلۡقَلَمِ
who has taught [man] the use of the pen –
5
عَلَّمَ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ مَا لَمۡ یَعۡلَمۡ
taught man what he did not know!
6
كَلَّاۤ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ لَیَطۡغَىٰۤ
Nay, verily, man becomes grossly overweening
7
أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰۤ
whenever he believes himself to be self-sufficient:
8
إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجۡعَىٰۤ
for, behold, unto thy Sustainer all must return.
9
أَرَءَیۡتَ ٱلَّذِی یَنۡهَىٰ
HAST THOU ever considered him who tries to prevent
10
عَبۡدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰۤ
a servant [of God] from praying?