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English - Chapter 96 - Al-Alaq

Translation by Wahiduddin Khan — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:1

Read! In the name of your Lord, who created

Verse 2 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:2

created man from a clot [of blood]

Verse 3 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:3

Read! Your Lord is the Most Bountiful One

Verse 4 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:4

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

Yet man behaves arrogantly

Verse 7 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:7

because he thinks himself self-sufficient

Verse 8 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:8

truly, all will return to your Lord

Verse 9 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:9

Have you seen one who prevents

Verse 10 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:10

a worshipper from praying

Verse 11 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:11

Do you think he is rightly guided

Verse 12 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:12

or enjoins true piety

Verse 13 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:13

Do you see how he has denied the truth and turned away from it

Verse 14 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:14

Does he not know that God observes all things

Verse 15 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:15

Let him beware! If he does not desist, We will drag him by the forelock

Verse 16 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:16

his lying, sinful forelock

Verse 17 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:17

Then let him call his associates

Verse 18 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:18

We shall summon the guards of Hell

Verse 19 — Surah Al-Alaq 96:19

No indeed! Do not obey him, but prostrate yourself and come closer to God