AL A`LAQ (THE CLOT)
(Revealed at Mecca – contains 19 verses – 1 section)
Allah – beginning with the name of – the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
| AYAT | TRANSLATION |
|---|---|
| 1 | اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ |
| Read with the name of your Lord Who created, | |
| 2 | خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ |
| Created man from a clot. | |
| 3 | اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ |
| Read, and your Lord only is the Most Beneficent, | |
| 4 | الَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ |
| The One Who taught to write with the pen. | |
| 5 | عَلَّمَ الْإِنسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ |
| The One Who taught man all what he did not know. | |
| 6 | كَلَّا إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لَيَطْغَىٰ |
| Yes indeed, man is surely rebellious. | |
| 7 | أَن رَّآهُ اسْتَغْنَىٰ |
| As he considers himself independent! | |
| 8 | إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ الرُّجْعَىٰ |
| Indeed towards your Lord only is the return. | |
| 9 | أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَىٰ |
| What is your opinion – regarding him who forbids – | |
| 10 | عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰ |
| A bondman when he offers the prayer? | |
| 11 | أَرَأَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ |
| What is your opinion – if he were upon guidance, | |
| 12 | أَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوَىٰ |
| He would enjoin piety, so how good it would be! | |
| 13 | أَرَأَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ |
| What is your opinion – if he denies and turns away, how wretched will be his state! | |
| 14 | أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَرَىٰ |
| Did he not realise that Allah is watching? | |
| 15 | كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًا بِالنَّاصِيَةِ |
| Yes certainly, if he does not desist, We will seize him by the forelock. | |
| 16 | نَاصِيَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ |
| A forelock that lies, is sinful. | |
| 17 | فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُ |
| So let him now call his gang! | |
| 18 | سَنَدْعُ الزَّبَانِيَةَ |
| We will now call the guards! | |
| 19 | كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَاسْجُدْ وَاقْتَرِب ۩ |
| Yes indeed; do not listen to him – and prostrate, and become close to Us. (Command of Prostration # 14) | |