The Clot
Al-'Alaq
96:1
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.
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96:2
ٱقۡرَأۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ
Read, ˹O Prophet,˺ in the Name of your Lord Who created—
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96:3
خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِنۡ عَلَقٍ
created humans from a clinging clot.
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96:4
ٱقۡرَأۡ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلۡأَكۡرَمُ
Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous,
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96:5
ٱلَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِٱلۡقَلَمِ
Who taught by the pen—
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96:6
عَلَّمَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمۡ يَعۡلَمۡ
taught humanity what they knew not.
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96:7
كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطۡغَىٰٓ
Most certainly, one exceeds all bounds
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96:8
أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰٓ
once they think they are self-sufficient.
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96:9
إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجۡعَىٰٓ
˹But˺ surely to your Lord is the return ˹of all˺.
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96:10
أَرَءَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِي يَنۡهَىٰ
Have you seen the man who prevents
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96:11
عَبۡدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ
a servant ˹of Ours˺ from praying?
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96:12
أَرَءَيۡتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ
What if this ˹servant˺ is ˹rightly˺ guided,
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96:13
أَوۡ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقۡوَىٰٓ
or encourages righteousness?
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96:14
أَرَءَيۡتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
What if that ˹man˺ persists in denial and turns away?
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96:15
أَلَمۡ يَعۡلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ
Does he not know that Allah sees ˹all˺?
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96:16
كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمۡ يَنتَهِ لَنَسۡفَعَۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ
But no! If he does not desist, We will certainly drag him by the forelock—
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96:17
نَاصِيَةٖ كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٖ
a lying, sinful forelock.
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96:18
فَلۡيَدۡعُ نَادِيَهُۥ
So let him call his associates.
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96:19
سَنَدۡعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ
We will call the wardens of Hell.
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96:20
كَلَّا لَا تُطِعۡهُ وَٱسۡجُدۡۤ وَٱقۡتَرِب۩
Again, no! Never obey him ˹O Prophet˺! Rather, ˹continue to˺ prostrate and draw near ˹to Allah˺.
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