Surah 96 of 114
سُوْرَةُ الْعَلَقِ
Al-Alaq
The Clot
Read, ˹O Prophet,˺ in the Name of your Lord Who created—
created humans from a clinging clot
Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous
Who taught by the pen—
taught humanity what they knew not
Most certainly, one exceeds all bounds
once they think they are self-sufficient
˹But˺ surely to your Lord is the return ˹of all˺
Have you seen the man who prevents
a servant ˹of Ours˺ from praying
What if this ˹servant˺ is ˹rightly˺ guided
or encourages righteousness
What if that ˹man˺ persists in denial and turns away
Does he not know that Allah sees ˹all˺
But no! If he does not desist, We will certainly drag him by the forelock—
a lying, sinful forelock
So let him call his associates
We will call the wardens of Hell
Again, no! Never obey him ˹O Prophet˺! Rather, ˹continue to˺ prostrate and draw near ˹to Allah˺