Al-'Alaq

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 1

   ٱقۡرَأۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ

   Recite in the name of your Lord who created

2. 2

   خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِنۡ عَلَقٍ

   Created man from a clinging substance

3. 3

   ٱقۡرَأۡ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلۡأَكۡرَمُ

   Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous

4. 4

   ٱلَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِٱلۡقَلَمِ

   Who taught by the pen

5. 5

   عَلَّمَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمۡ يَعۡلَمۡ

   Taught man that which he knew not

6. 6

   كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطۡغَىٰٓ

   No! [But] indeed, man transgresses

7. 7

   أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰٓ

   Because he sees himself self-sufficient

8. 8

   إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجۡعَىٰٓ

   Indeed, to your Lord is the return

9. 9

   أَرَءَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِي يَنۡهَىٰ

   Have you seen the one who forbids

10. 10

    عَبۡدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ

    A servant when he prays

11. 11

    أَرَءَيۡتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ

    Have you seen if he is upon guidance

12. 12

    أَوۡ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقۡوَىٰٓ

    Or enjoins righteousness

13. 13

    أَرَءَيۡتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

    Have you seen if he denies and turns away

14. 14

    أَلَمۡ يَعۡلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ

    Does he not know that Allah sees

15. 15

    كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمۡ يَنتَهِ لَنَسۡفَعَۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ

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

16. 16

    نَاصِيَةٖ كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٖ

    A lying, sinning forelock

17. 17

    فَلۡيَدۡعُ نَادِيَهُۥ

    Then let him call his associates

18. 18

    سَنَدۡعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ

    We will call the angels of Hell

19. 19

    كَلَّا لَا تُطِعۡهُ وَٱسۡجُدۡۤ وَٱقۡتَرِب۩

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

Translation by Umm Muhammad (Saheeh International). Text from quran-json (Risan Bagja Pradana); Uthmani text from The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia, translations from Tanzil.net, CC BY-SA 4.0, copied verbatim. Sources and licences.