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English - Chapter 96 - Al-Alaq

Translation by Muhammad Taqi Usmani — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:1

Read with the name of your Lord who created (every thing)

Verse 2 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:2

He created man from a clot of blood

Verse 3 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:3

Read, and your Lord is the most gracious

Verse 4 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:4

who imparted knowledge by means of the pen

Verse 5 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:5

He taught man what he did not know

Verse 6 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:6

In fact, man crosses the limits

Verse 7 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:7

because he deems himself to be free of need

Verse 8 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:8

Surely to your Lord is the return

Verse 9 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:9

Have you seen him who forbids

Verse 10 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:10

a servant of Allah when he prays

Verse 11 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:11

Tell me, if he is on the right path

Verse 12 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:12

or bids piety, (would the former still forbid him)

Verse 13 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:13

Tell me, if he rejects (the true faith) and turns away

Verse 14 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:14

does he not know that Allah is watching (him)

Verse 15 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:15

No! If he does not desist, We will certainly drag (him) by forelock

Verse 16 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:16

a lying, sinful forelock

Verse 17 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:17

So let him call the men of his council

Verse 18 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:18

We will call the soldiers of the Hell

Verse 19 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:19

No! Never obey him, and bow down in sajdah, and come close to Me