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?