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Wahiduddin Khan

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96 Al-`Alaq ٱلْعَلَق

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

96:1 ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ
96:1
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
Read! In the name of your Lord, who created:

96:2 خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ
96:2
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
created man from a clot [of blood].

96:3 ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ
96:3
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
Read! Your Lord is the Most Bountiful One

96:4 ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ
96:4
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
who taught by the pen,

96:5 عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
96:5
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
taught man what he did not know.

96:6 كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ
96:6
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
Yet man behaves arrogantly,

96:7 أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ
96:7
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
because he thinks himself self-sufficient:

96:8 إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ
96:8
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
truly, all will return to your Lord.

96:9 أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ
96:9
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
Have you seen one who prevents

96:10 عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ
96:10
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
a worshipper from praying?

96:11 أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ
96:11
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
Do you think he is rightly guided,

96:12 أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ
96:12
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
or enjoins true piety?

96:13 أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
96:13
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
Do you see how he has denied the truth and turned away from it?

96:14 أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ
96:14
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
Does he not know that God observes all things?

96:15 كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ
96:15
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
Let him beware! If he does not desist, We will drag him by the forelock --

96:16 نَاصِيَةٍ كَـٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ
96:16
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
his lying, sinful forelock.

96:17 فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ
96:17
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
Then let him call his associates;

96:18 سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ
96:18
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
We shall summon the guards of Hell.

96:19 كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩
96:19
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
No indeed! Do not obey him, but prostrate yourself and come closer to God.