05/08/2026
Surah Al-Alaq (سورة العلق)
Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
(In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful)
اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ
Iqra' bismi rabbikal ladhee khalaq
Read in the name of your Lord who created—
خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ
Khalaqal insaana min 'alaq
Created man from a clinging clot.
اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ
Iqra' wa rabbukal akram
Read, and your Lord is the Most Generous—
الَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ
Al ladhee 'allama bil qalam
Who taught by the pen—
عَلَّمَ الْإِنْسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
'Allamal insaana ma lam ya'lam
Taught man that which he knew not.
كَلَّا إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لَيَطْغَىٰ
Kalla innai insaana layatghaa
No! [But] indeed, man transgresses
أَنْ رَآهُ اسْتَغْنَىٰ
An ra-aahustaghnaa
Because he sees himself self-sufficient.
إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ الرُّجْعَىٰ
Inna ilaa rabbikar ruj'aa
Indeed, to your Lord is the return.
أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَىٰ
Ara-aital ladhee yanhaa
Have you seen the one who forbids
عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰ
'Abdan idhaa sallaa
A servant when he prays?
أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ
Ara-aita in kaana 'alal hudaa
Have you seen if he is upon guidance
أَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوَىٰ
Au amara bit taqwaa
Or enjoining righteousness?
أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Ara-aita in kadh-dhaba wa tawallaa
Have you seen if he denies and turns away—
أَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَرَىٰ
Alam ya'lam bi-annallaaha yaraa
Does he not know that Allah sees?
كَلَّا لَئِنْ لَمْ يَنْتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًا بِالنَّاصِيَةِ
Kalla la-il lam yantahi lanasfa'am bin naasiyah
No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock—
نَاصِيَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ
Naasiyatin kaadhibatin khaati'ah
A lying, sinning forelock.
فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُ
Fal yad'u naadiyah
Then let him call his associates;
سَنَدْعُ الزَّبَانِيَةَ
Sanad'uz zabaaniyah
We will call the angels of Hell.
كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَاسْجُدْ وَاقْتَرِبْ ۩
Kalla laa tuti'hu wasjud waqtarib ۩
No! Do not obey him. But prostrate and draw near [to Allah].
