English - Talal Itani
Surah Al-'alaq ( The Clot ) - Aya count 19
ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ﴿١﴾
Read: In the Name of your Lord who created.
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ ﴿٢﴾
ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ ﴿٣﴾
Read: And your Lord is the Most Generous.
ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ ﴿٤﴾
He who taught by the pen.
عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ ﴿٥﴾
Taught man what he never knew.
كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ ﴿٦﴾
In fact, man oversteps all bounds.
أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ ﴿٧﴾
When he considers himself exempt.
إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ ﴿٨﴾
But to your Lord is the return.
أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ ﴿٩﴾
Have you seen him who prevents?
عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ ﴿١٠﴾
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ ﴿١١﴾
Do you think he is upon guidance?
أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ ﴿١٢﴾
Or advocates righteousness?
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ﴿١٣﴾
Do you see how he disbelieved and turned away?
أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ ﴿١٤﴾
Does he not know that God sees?
كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ ﴿١٥﴾
No. If he does not desist, We will drag him by the forelock.
نَاصِيَةٍۢ كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍۢ ﴿١٦﴾
A deceitful, sinful forelock.
فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ ﴿١٧﴾
Let him call on his gang.
سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ ﴿١٨﴾
كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩ ﴿١٩﴾
No, do not obey him; but kneel down, and come near.