English - Chapter 96 - Al-Alaq

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

created humans from a clinging clot

Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous

Who taught by the pen—

taught humanity what they knew not

Most certainly, one exceeds all bounds

once they think they are self-sufficient

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

Have you seen the man who prevents

a servant ˹of Ours˺ from praying

What if this ˹servant˺ is ˹rightly˺ guided

or encourages righteousness

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

Does he not know that God sees ˹all˺

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

a lying, sinful forelock

So let him call his associates

We will call the wardens of Hell

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