096surah
Translation by
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran (Change)
Surah Info

ٱقۡرَأۡ
بِٱسۡمِ
رَبِّكَ
ٱلَّذِي
خَلَقَ
١

Read, ˹O Prophet,˺ in the Name of your Lord Who created—
خَلَقَ
ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ
مِنۡ
عَلَقٍ
٢
created humans from a clinging clot.1
ٱقۡرَأۡ
وَرَبُّكَ
ٱلۡأَكۡرَمُ
٣
Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous,
ٱلَّذِي
عَلَّمَ
بِٱلۡقَلَمِ
٤
Who taught by the pen—
عَلَّمَ
ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ
مَا
لَمۡ
يَعۡلَمۡ
٥
taught humanity what they knew not.1 
كـَلَّآ
إِنَّ
ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ
لَيَطۡغَىٰٓ
٦
Most certainly, one exceeds all bounds
أَن
رَّءَاهُ
ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰٓ
٧
once they think they are self-sufficient.
إِنَّ
إِلَىٰ
رَبِّكَ
ٱلرُّجۡعَىٰٓ
٨
˹But˺ surely to your Lord is the return ˹of all˺.
أَرَءَيۡتَ
ٱلَّذِي
يَنۡهَىٰ
٩
Have you seen the man who prevents
عَبۡدًا
إِذَا
صَلَّىٰٓ
١٠
a servant ˹of Ours˺ from praying?1
أَرَءَيۡتَ
إِن
كَانَ
عَلَى
ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ
١١
What if this ˹servant˺ is ˹rightly˺ guided,
أَوۡ
أَمَرَ
بِٱلتَّقۡوَىٰٓ
١٢
or encourages righteousness?
أَرَءَيۡتَ
إِن
كَذَّبَ
وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
١٣
What if that ˹man˺ persists in denial and turns away?
أَلَمۡ
يَعۡلَم
بِأَنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
يَرَىٰ
١٤
Does he not know that Allah sees ˹all˺?
كـَلَّا
لَئِن
لَّمۡ
يَنتَهِ
لَنَسۡفَعَۢا
بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ
١٥
But no! If he does not desist, We will certainly drag him by the forelock—
نَاصِيَةٖ
كَٰذِبَةٍ
خَاطِئَةٖ
١٦
a lying, sinful forelock.1
فَلۡيَدۡعُ
نَادِيَهُۥ
١٧
So let him call his associates.
سَنَدۡعُ
ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ
١٨
We will call the wardens of Hell.
كـَلَّا
لَا
تُطِعۡهُ
وَٱسۡجُدۡۤ
وَٱقۡتَرِب۩
١٩
Again, no! Never obey him ˹O Prophet˺! Rather, ˹continue to˺ prostrate and draw near ˹to Allah˺.
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