96. Al-Alaq

96:1

ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ﴿١﴾

Iqraʾ bismi rabbika alladhī khalaq

Read: In the name of thy Lord Who createth,

96:2

خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ ﴿٢﴾

Khalaqa al-insāna min ʿalaq

Createth man from a clot.

96:3

ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ ﴿٣﴾

Iqraʾ warabbuka al-akram

Read: And thy Lord is the Most Bounteous,

96:4

ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ ﴿٤﴾

Alladhī ʿallama bil-qalam

Who teacheth by the pen,

96:5

عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ ﴿٥﴾

ʿallama al-insāna mā lam yaʿlam

Teacheth man that which he knew not.

96:6

كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ ﴿٦﴾

Kallā inna al-insāna layaṭghā

Nay, but verily man is rebellious

96:7

أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ ﴿٧﴾

An raʾāhu istaghnā

That he thinketh himself independent!

96:8

إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ ﴿٨﴾

Inna ilā rabbika ar-rujʿā

Lo! unto thy Lord is the return.

96:9

أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ ﴿٩﴾

Araʾayta alladhī yanhā

Hast thou seen him who dissuadeth

96:10

عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ ﴿١٠﴾

ʿabdan idhā ṣallā

A slave when he prayeth?

96:11

أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ ﴿١١﴾

Araʾayta in kāna ʿalā al-hudā

Hast thou seen if he relieth on the guidance (of Allah)

96:12

أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ ﴿١٢﴾

Aw amara bit-taqwā

Or enjoineth piety?

96:13

أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ﴿١٣﴾

Araʾayta in kadhdhaba watawallā

Hast thou seen if he denieth (Allah's guidance) and is froward?

96:14

أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ ﴿١٤﴾

Alam yaʿlam biʾanna Allāha yarā

Is he then unaware that Allah seeth?

96:15

كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ ﴿١٥﴾

Kallā laʾin lam yantahi lanasfaʿan bin-nāṣiyah

Nay, but if he cease not We will seize him by the forelock -

96:16

نَاصِيَةٍ كَـٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ ﴿١٦﴾

Nāṣiyatin kādhibatin khāṭiʾah

The lying, sinful forelock -

96:17

فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ ﴿١٧﴾

Falyadʿu nādiyah

Then let him call upon his henchmen!

96:18

سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ ﴿١٨﴾

Sanadʿu az-zabāniyah

We will call the guards of hell.

96:19

كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩ ﴿١٩﴾

Kallā lā tuṭiʿhu wāsjud wāqtarib

Nay, Obey not thou him. But prostrate thyself, and draw near (unto Allah).