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English - Chapter 96 - Al-Alaq

Translation by Aisha Bewley — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:1

Recite: In the Name of your Lord who created

Verse 2 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:2

created man from clots of blood

Verse 3 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:3

Recite: And your Lord is the Most Generous

Verse 4 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:4

He who taught by the pen

Verse 5 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:5

taught man what he did not know

Verse 6 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:6

No indeed! Truly man is unbridled

Verse 7 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:7

seeing himself as self-sufficient

Verse 8 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:8

Truly it is to your Lord that you will return

Verse 9 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:9

Have you seen him who prevents

Verse 10 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:10

a slave when he goes to pray

Verse 11 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:11

Do you think he is rightly guided

Verse 12 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:12

Verse 13 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:13

Or do you see how he has denied and turned away

Verse 14 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:14

Does he not know that Allah sees

Verse 15 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:15

No indeed! If he does not desist, We will grab him by the forelock

Verse 16 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:16

a lying, sinful forelock

Verse 17 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:17

Let him call his attendants

Verse 18 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:18

We will call the Guards of Hell

Verse 19 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:19

No indeed! Do not obey him, but prostrate and draw near