Surah Al-Alaq (The Clot)

Topics in Surah Al-Alaq

Study guides that discuss verses of this surah, most connected first.

• Illiteracy (Ummiyyah) (5 verses)
• Civilization (Hadarah) (5 verses)
• Understanding (Fiqh) (5 verses)
• The Tongue (Lisan) (5 verses)
• Knowledge (Ilm) (5 verses)
• Man (Insan) (4 verses)
• Recitation (Qira'ah) (4 verses)
• Economy (Iqtisad) (3 verses)
• Writing (Kitabah) (3 verses)
• Prayer (Salah) (3 verses)
• Sonship (Bunuwwah) (2 verses)
• Luxury (Taraf) (2 verses)
• Fitnah (2 verses)
• Wealth (Mal) (2 verses)
• Distraction (Lahw) (2 verses)

Read Surah Al-Alaq with English translation

1. 96:1

   بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ

   Read! In the name of your Lord who created:

2. 96:2

   خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ

   He created manfrom a clinging form.

3. 96:3

   ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ

   Read! Your Lord is the Most Bountiful One

4. 96:4

   ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ

   who taught by [means of] the pen,

5. 96:5

   عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ

   who taught man what he did not know.

6. 96:6

   كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ

   But man exceeds all bounds

7. 96:7

   أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ

   when he thinks he is self-sufficient:

8. 96:8

   إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ

   [Prophet], all will return to your Lord.

9. 96:9

   أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ

   Have you seen the man who forbids

10. 96:10

    عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ

    [Our] servant to pray?

11. 96:11

    أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ

    Have you seen whether he is rightly guided,

12. 96:12

    أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ

    or encourages true piety?

13. 96:13

    أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

    Have you seen whether he denies the truth and turns away from it?

14. 96:14

    أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ

    Does he not realize that God sees all?

15. 96:15

    كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ

    No! If he does not stop, We shall drag him by his forehead––

16. 96:16

    نَاصِيَةٍۢ كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍۢ

    his lying, sinful forehead.

17. 96:17

    فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ

    Let him summon his comrades;

18. 96:18

    سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ

    We shall summon the guards of Hell.

19. 96:19

    كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩

    No! Do not obey him [Prophet]: bow down in worship and draw close.

English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.