Surah Al-'Alaq

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 96:1 ▶

   ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ﴿١﴾

   iqra' bismi rabbika lladhī khalaq

   Recite in the name of your Lord who created –

2. 96:2 ▶

   خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ ﴿٢﴾

   khalaqa l-insāna min ʿalaq

   Created man from a clinging substance.

3. 96:3 ▶

   ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ ﴿٣﴾

   iqra' warabbuka l-akram

   Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous -

4. 96:4 ▶

   ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ ﴿٤﴾

   alladhī ʿallama bil-qalam

   Who taught by the pen –

5. 96:5 ▶

   عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ ﴿٥﴾

   ʿallama l-insāna mā lam yaʿlam

   Taught man that which he knew not.

6. 96:6 ▶

   كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ ﴿٦﴾

   kallā 'inna l-insāna layaṭghā

   No! [But] indeed, man transgresses

7. 96:7 ▶

   أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ ﴿٧﴾

   ar ra'āhu staghnā

   Because he sees himself self-sufficient.

8. 96:8 ▶

   إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ ﴿٨﴾

   inna 'ilā rabbika r-rujʿā

   Indeed, to your Lord is the return.

9. 96:9 ▶

   أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ ﴿٩﴾

   ara'ayta lladhī yanhā

   Have you seen the one who forbids

10. 96:10 ▶

    عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ ﴿١٠﴾

    ʿabdan 'idhā ṣallā

    A servant when he prays?

11. 96:11 ▶

    أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ ﴿١١﴾

    ara'ayta 'in kāna ʿala l-hudā

    Have you seen if he is upon guidance

12. 96:12 ▶

    أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ ﴿١٢﴾

    aw 'amara bit-taqwā

    Or enjoins righteousness?

13. 96:13 ▶

    أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ﴿١٣﴾

    ara'ayta 'in kadhdhaba watawallā

    Have you seen if he denies and turns away -

14. 96:14 ▶

    أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ ﴿١٤﴾

    alam yaʿlam bi'anna llāha yarā

    Does he not know that Allāh sees?

15. 96:15 ▶

    كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ ﴿١٥﴾

    kallā la'il lam yantahi lanasfaʿam bin-nāṣiyah

    No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock –

    It may also mean "slap him" or "blacken his face at the forelock."

16. 96:16 ▶

    نَاصِيَةٍ كَـٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ ﴿١٦﴾

    nāṣiyatin kādhibatin khāṭi'ah

    A lying, sinning forelock.

17. 96:17 ▶

    فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ ﴿١٧﴾

    falyadʿu nādiyah

    Then let him call his associates;

18. 96:18 ▶

    سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ ﴿١٨﴾

    sanadʿu z-zabāniyah

    We will call the angels of Hell.

    Those who push the wicked into the Fire.

19. 96:19 ▶

    كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩ ﴿١٩﴾

    kallā lā tuṭiʿhu wasjud waqtarib

    No! Do not obey him. But prostrate and draw near [to Allāh].

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.