Surah Al-Alaq

Verse 96:1

اِقْرَاْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِیْ خَلَقَ ۟ۚ

ʹIq̣raʹ bismi Rab-bikal laẓee khalaq̣,

Read, ˹O Prophet,˺ in the Name of your Lord Who created—

Verse 96:2

خَلَقَ الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ ۟ۚ

Khalaq̣al ʹiñsaana min ʻalaq̣.

created humans from a clinging clot.

Verse 96:3

اِقْرَاْ وَرَبُّكَ الْاَكْرَمُ ۟ۙ

ʹIq̣raʹ wa-Rabbukal ʹAkram,―

Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous,

Verse 96:4

الَّذِیْ عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ ۟ۙ

ʹAllaẓee ʻallama bil-Q̣alam,―

Who taught by the pen—

Verse 96:5

عَلَّمَ الْاِنْسَانَ مَا لَمْ یَعْلَمْ ۟ؕ

ʻAl-lamal ʹiñsaana maa- lam yaʻlam.

taught humanity what they knew not.

Verse 96:6

كَلَّاۤ اِنَّ الْاِنْسَانَ لَیَطْغٰۤی ۟ۙ

Kallaaa ʹinnal ʹiñsaana layaṭg̣aa,

Most certainly, one exceeds all bounds

Verse 96:7

اَنْ رَّاٰهُ اسْتَغْنٰی ۟ؕ

ʹArra ʹaahus tag̣naa.

once they think they are self-sufficient.

Verse 96:8

اِنَّ اِلٰی رَبِّكَ الرُّجْعٰی ۟ؕ

ʹInna ʹilaa Rabbikar rujʻaa.

˹But˺ surely to your Lord is the return ˹of all˺.

Verse 96:9

اَرَءَیْتَ الَّذِیْ یَنْهٰی ۟ۙ

ʹA-raʹaytal laẓee yanhaa

Have you seen the man who prevents

Verse 96:10

عَبْدًا اِذَا صَلّٰی ۟ؕ

ʻAbdan ʹiẓaa ṣallaa?

a servant ˹of Ours˺ from praying?

Verse 96:11

اَرَءَیْتَ اِنْ كَانَ عَلَی الْهُدٰۤی ۟ۙ

ʹA-raʹayta ʹiñ kaana ʻalal Hudaa?

What if this ˹servant˺ is ˹rightly˺ guided,

Verse 96:12

اَوْ اَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوٰی ۟ؕ

ʹAw ʹamara bit-Taq̣waa?

or encourages righteousness?

Verse 96:13

اَرَءَیْتَ اِنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلّٰی ۟ؕ

ʹA-raʹayta ʹiñ kaẓ-ẓaba wa-tawallaa?

What if that ˹man˺ persists in denial and turns away?

Verse 96:14

اَلَمْ یَعْلَمْ بِاَنَّ اللّٰهَ یَرٰی ۟ؕ

ʹAlam yaʻlam̃ biʹannal laaha yaraa?

Does he not know that Allah sees ˹all˺?

Verse 96:15

كَلَّا لَىِٕنْ لَّمْ یَنْتَهِ ۙ۬ لَنَسْفَعًا بِالنَّاصِیَةِ ۟ۙ

Kallaa laʹil lam yañtahi lanasfaʻam bin-naaṣiyah,―

But no! If he does not desist, We will certainly drag him by the forelock—

Verse 96:16

نَاصِیَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ ۟ۚ

Naaṣiyatiñ kaaẓibatin khaaṭiʹah!

a lying, sinful forelock.

Verse 96:17

فَلْیَدْعُ نَادِیَهٗ ۟ۙ

Fal-yadʻu naadiyah:

So let him call his associates.

Verse 96:18

سَنَدْعُ الزَّبَانِیَةَ ۟ۙ

Sanadʻuz zabaaniyah!

We will call the wardens of Hell.

Verse 96:19

كَلَّا ؕ لَا تُطِعْهُ وَاسْجُدْ وَاقْتَرِبْ ۟

Kallaa: laa- tuṭiʻhu wasjud waq̣tarib!

Again, no! Never obey him ˹O Prophet˺! Rather, ˹continue to˺ prostrate and draw near ˹to Allah˺.