Al-'Alaq

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 96:1

   ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ۝١

   Iqra' bismi rabbikal-lażī khalaq(a).

   Recite in the name of your Lord who created

2. 96:2

   خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ ۝٢

   Khalaqal-insāna min ‘alaq(in).

   Created man from a clinging substance.

3. 96:3

   ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ ۝٣

   Iqra' wa rabbukal-akram(u).

   Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous -

4. 96:4

   ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ ۝٤

   Allażī ‘allama bil-qalam(i).

   Who taught by the pen

5. 96:5

   عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ ۝٥

   ‘Allamal-insāna mā lam ya‘lam.

   Taught man that which he knew not.

6. 96:6

   كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ ۝٦

   Kallā innal-insāna layaṭgā.

   No! [But] indeed, man transgresses

7. 96:7

   أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ ۝٧

   Ar ra'āhustagnā.

   Because he sees himself self-sufficient.

8. 96:8

   إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ ۝٨

   Inna ilā rabbikar-ruj‘ā.

   Indeed, to your Lord is the return.

9. 96:9

   أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ ۝٩

   Ara'aital-lażī yanhā.

   Have you seen the one who forbids

10. 96:10

    عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ ۝١٠

    ‘Abdan iżā ṣallā.

    A servant when he prays?

11. 96:11

    أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ ۝١١

    Ara'aita in kāna ‘alal-hudā.

    Have you seen if he is upon guidance

12. 96:12

    أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ ۝١٢

    Au amara bit-taqwā.

    Or enjoins righteousness?

13. 96:13

    أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ۝١٣

    Ara'aita in każżaba wa tawallā.

    Have you seen if he denies and turns away -

14. 96:14

    أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ ۝١٤

    Alam ya‘lam bi'annallāha yarā.

    Does he not know that Allāh sees?

15. 96:15

    كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ ۝١٥

    Kallā la'il lam yantah(i), lanasfa‘am bin-nāṣiyah(ti).

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

16. 96:16

    نَاصِيَةٍ كَـٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ ۝١٦

    Nāṣiyatin kāżibatin khāṭi'ah(tin).

    A lying, sinning forelock.

17. 96:17

    فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ ۝١٧

    Falyad‘u nādiyah(ū).

    Then let him call his associates;

18. 96:18

    سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ ۝١٨

    Sanad‘uz-zabāniyah(ta).

    We will call the angels of Hell.

19. 96:19Verse of prostration

    كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩ ۝١٩

    Kallā, lā tuṭi‘hu wasjud waqtarib.

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

Arabic text: Uthmani script, Hafs, from Quran.com. Translation: Saheeh International, from Quran.com (footnotes not shown). Transliteration: equran.id. Recitation: Sheikh Mishary Rashid Alafasy, from everyayah.com. About the sources.