Surah Al-'Alaq

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. ٱقۡرَأۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ١

   96:1

   iq'ra bi-is'mi rabbika alladhī khalaqa

   Recite in the name of your Lord who created

2. خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِنۡ عَلَقٍ٢

   96:2

   khalaqa l-insāna min ʿalaqin

   Created man from a clinging substance.

3. ٱقۡرَأۡ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلۡأَكۡرَمُ٣

   96:3

   iq'ra warabbuka l-akramu

   Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous -

4. ٱلَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِٱلۡقَلَمِ٤

   96:4

   alladhī ʿallama bil-qalami

   Who taught by the pen

5. عَلَّمَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمۡ يَعۡلَمۡ٥

   96:5

   ʿallama l-insāna mā lam yaʿlam

   Taught man that which he knew not.

6. كـَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطۡغَىٰٓ٦

   96:6

   kallā inna l-insāna layaṭghā

   No! [But] indeed, man transgresses

7. أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰٓ٧

   96:7

   an raāhu is'taghnā

   Because he sees himself self-sufficient.

8. إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجۡعَىٰٓ٨

   96:8

   inna ilā rabbika l-ruj'ʿā

   Indeed, to your Lord is the return.

9. أَرَءَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِي يَنۡهَىٰ٩

   96:9

   ara-ayta alladhī yanhā

   Have you seen the one who forbids

10. عَبۡدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ١٠

    96:10

    ʿabdan idhā ṣallā

    A servant when he prays?

11. أَرَءَيۡتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ١١

    96:11

    ara-ayta in kāna ʿalā l-hudā

    Have you seen if he is upon guidance

12. أَوۡ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقۡوَىٰٓ١٢

    96:12

    aw amara bil-taqwā

    Or enjoins righteousness?

13. أَرَءَيۡتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ١٣

    96:13

    ara-ayta in kadhaba watawallā

    Have you seen if he denies and turns away -

14. أَلَمۡ يَعۡلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ١٤

    96:14

    alam yaʿlam bi-anna l-laha yarā

    Does he not know that Allāh sees?

15. كـَلَّا لَئِن لَّمۡ يَنتَهِ لَنَسۡفَعَۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ١٥

    96:15

    kallā la-in lam yantahi lanasfaʿan bil-nāṣiyati

    No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock

16. نَاصِيَةٖ كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٖ١٦

    96:16

    nāṣiyatin kādhibatin khāṭi-atin

    A lying, sinning forelock.

17. فَلۡيَدۡعُ نَادِيَهُۥ١٧

    96:17

    falyadʿu nādiyahu

    Then let him call his associates;

18. سَنَدۡعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ١٨

    96:18

    sanadʿu l-zabāniyata

    We will call the angels of Hell.

19. كـَلَّا لَا تُطِعۡهُ وَٱسۡجُدۡۤ وَٱقۡتَرِب۩١٩

    96:19

    kallā lā tuṭiʿ'hu wa-us'jud wa-iq'tarib

    No! Do not obey him. But prostrate and draw near [to Allāh].