Surah 96

Surah Al-Alaq

Surah Al-Alaq (The Clot) is chapter 96 of the Holy Quran. It is a Meccan surah with 19 verses. Read the full surah below in Arabic with its translation.

Meccan19 Versesسُورَةُ العَلَقِ

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Translation
  1. 96:1

    ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ١

    Read, ˹O Prophet,˺ in the Name of your Lord Who created—

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  2. 96:2

    خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ ٢

    created humans from a clinging clot

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  3. 96:3

    ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ ٣

    Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous

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  4. 96:4

    ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ ٤

    Who taught by the pen—

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  5. 96:5

    عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ ٥

    taught humanity what they knew not

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  6. 96:6

    كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ ٦

    Most certainly, one exceeds all bounds

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  7. 96:7

    أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ ٧

    once they think they are self-sufficient

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  8. 96:8

    إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ ٨

    ˹But˺ surely to your Lord is the return ˹of all˺

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  9. 96:9

    أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ ٩

    Have you seen the man who prevents

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  10. 96:10

    عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ ١٠

    a servant ˹of Ours˺ from praying

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  11. 96:11

    أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ ١١

    What if this ˹servant˺ is ˹rightly˺ guided

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  12. 96:12

    أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ ١٢

    or encourages righteousness

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  13. 96:13

    أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ١٣

    What if that ˹man˺ persists in denial and turns away

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  14. 96:14

    أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ ١٤

    Does he not know that Allah sees ˹all˺

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  15. 96:15

    كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ ١٥

    But no! If he does not desist, We will certainly drag him by the forelock—

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  16. 96:16

    نَاصِيَةٍۢ كَـٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍۢ ١٦

    a lying, sinful forelock

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  17. 96:17

    فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ ١٧

    So let him call his associates

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  18. 96:18

    سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ ١٨

    We will call the wardens of Hell

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  19. 96:19

    كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩ ١٩

    Again, no! Never obey him ˹O Prophet˺! Rather, ˹continue to˺ prostrate and draw near ˹to Allah˺

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