96. Surah Al-'Alaq, English Translation

created humans from a clinging clot.¹

Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous,

Who taught by the pen—

taught humanity what they knew not.¹ 

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?¹

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.¹

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˺.