Al-'Alaq
العلق
The Clot · 19 ayahs
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- 1
ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ
Recite in the name of your Lord Who created,
- 2
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ
created man from a clot of congealed blood.
- 3
ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ
Recite: and your Lord is Most Generous,
- 4
ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ
Who taught by the pen,
- 5
عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
taught man what he did not know.
- 6
كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ
Nay, surely man transgresses;
- 7
أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ
for he believes himself to be self-sufficient.
- 8
إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ
Surely to your Lord is your return.
- 9
أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ
Did you see him who forbids
- 10
عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ
a servant (of Allah) when he prays?