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Muhammad Sarwar

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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
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
(Muhammad), read in the name of your Lord who created (all things).

96:2 خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ
96:2
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
He created man from a clot of blood.

96:3 ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ
96:3
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
Recite! Your Lord is the most Honorable One,

96:4 ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ
96:4
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
who, by the pen, taught the human being:

96:5 عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
96:5
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
He taught the human being what he did not know.

96:6 كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ
96:6
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
Despite this, the human being still tends to rebel

96:7 أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ
96:7
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
because he thinks that he is independent.

96:8 إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ
96:8
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
However, (all things) will return to your Lord.

96:9 أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ
96:9
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
Have you seen the one who prohibits

96:10 عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ
96:10
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
a servant of Ours from prayer?

96:11 أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ
96:11
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
What will happen if the praying person is rightly guided

96:12 أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ
96:12
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
or if he commands others to maintain piety!?

96:13 أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
96:13
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
What will happen if the prohibiting rejects the Truth and turns away from it!?

96:14 أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ
96:14
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
Does he not realize that God sees him?

96:15 كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ
96:15
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
Let him know that if he does not desist, We shall certainly drag him by his forelocks,

96:16 نَاصِيَةٍ كَـٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ
96:16
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
his lying sinful forelock.

96:17 فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ
96:17
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
Let him call on his associates for help

96:18 سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ
96:18
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
and We too will call the stern and angry keepers of hell.

96:19 كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩
96:19
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
(Muhammad), never yield to him! Prostrate yourself and try to come closer to God.