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Al-'Alaq العَلَقِ

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96:1 ⚑
  1. ٱقۡرَأۡ iq'ra Read
  2. بِٱسۡمِ bi-is'mi in (the) name
  3. رَبِّكَ rabbika (of) your Lord
  4. ٱلَّذِي alladhī the One Who
  5. خَلَقَ khalaqa created
96:2 ⚑
  1. خَلَقَ khalaqa He created
  2. ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ l-insāna man
  3. مِنۡ min from
  4. عَلَقٍ ʿalaqin a clinging substance
96:3 ⚑
  1. ٱقۡرَأۡ iq'ra Read
  2. وَرَبُّكَ warabbuka and your Lord
  3. ٱلۡأَكۡرَمُ l-akramu (is) the Most Generous
96:4 ⚑
  1. ٱلَّذِي alladhī The One Who
  2. عَلَّمَ ʿallama taught
  3. بِٱلۡقَلَمِ bil-qalami by the pen
96:5 ⚑
  1. عَلَّمَ ʿallama Taught
  2. ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ l-insāna man
  3. مَا mā what
  4. لَمۡ lam not
  5. يَعۡلَمۡ yaʿlam he knew
96:6 ⚑
  1. كَلَّآ kallā Nay
  2. إِنَّ inna Indeed
  3. ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ l-insāna man
  4. لَيَطۡغَىٰٓ layaṭghā surely transgresses
96:7 ⚑
  1. أَن an That
  2. رَّءَاهُ raāhu he sees himself
  3. ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰٓ is'taghnā self-sufficient
96:8 ⚑
  1. إِنَّ inna Indeed
  2. إِلَىٰ ilā to
  3. رَبِّكَ rabbika your Lord
  4. ٱلرُّجۡعَىٰٓ l-ruj'ʿā (is) the return
96:9 ⚑
  1. أَرَءَيۡتَ ara-ayta Have you seen
  2. ٱلَّذِي alladhī the one who
  3. يَنۡهَىٰ yanhā forbids
96:10 ⚑
  1. عَبۡدًا ʿabdan A slave
  2. إِذَا idhā when
  3. صَلَّىٰٓ ṣallā he prays
96:11 ⚑
  1. أَرَءَيۡتَ ara-ayta Have you seen
  2. إِن in if
  3. كَانَ kāna he is
  4. عَلَى ʿalā upon
  5. ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ l-hudā [the] guidance
96:12 ⚑
  1. أَوۡ aw Or
  2. أَمَرَ amara he enjoins
  3. بِٱلتَّقۡوَىٰٓ bil-taqwā [of the] righteousness
96:13 ⚑
  1. أَرَءَيۡتَ ara-ayta Have you seen
  2. إِن in if
  3. كَذَّبَ kadhaba he denies
  4. وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ watawallā and turns away
96:14 ⚑
  1. أَلَمۡ alam Does not
  2. يَعۡلَم yaʿlam he know
  3. بِأَنَّ bi-anna that
  4. ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
  5. يَرَىٰ yarā sees
96:15 ⚑
  1. كَلَّا kallā Nay
  2. لَئِن la-in If
  3. لَّمۡ lam not
  4. يَنتَهِ yantahi he desists
  5. لَنَسۡفَعَۢا lanasfaʿan surely We will drag him
  6. بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ bil-nāṣiyati by the forelock
96:16 ⚑
  1. نَاصِيَةࣲ nāṣiyatin A forelock
  2. كَٰذِبَةٍ kādhibatin lying
  3. خَاطِئَةࣲ khāṭi-atin sinful
96:17 ⚑
  1. فَلۡيَدۡعُ falyadʿu Then let him call
  2. نَادِيَهُۥ nādiyahu his associates
96:18 ⚑
  1. سَنَدۡعُ sanadʿu We will call
  2. ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ l-zabāniyata the Angels of Hell
96:19 ⚑
  1. كَلَّا kallā Nay
  2. لَا lā (Do) not
  3. تُطِعۡهُ tuṭiʿ'hu obey him
  4. وَٱسۡجُدۡۤ wa-us'jud But prostrate
  5. وَٱقۡتَرِب۩ wa-iq'tarib and draw near (to Allah)

Word meanings: quran.com (word-by-word), imported as published. Qur'an text: King Fahd Complex.