ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ
Recite in the name of your Lord who created
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ
Recite in the name of your Lord who created
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ
Created man from a clinging substance.
ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ
Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous -
ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ
Who taught by the pen
عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
Taught man that which he knew not.
كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ
No! [But] indeed, man transgresses
أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ
Because he sees himself self-sufficient.
إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ
Indeed, to your Lord is the return.
أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ
Have you seen the one who forbids
عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ
A servant when he prays?
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ
Have you seen if he is upon guidance
أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ
Or enjoins righteousness?
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
Have you seen if he denies and turns away -
أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ
Does he not know that Allāh sees?
كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ
No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock
نَاصِيَةٍ كَـٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ
A lying, sinning forelock.
فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ
Then let him call his associates;
سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ
We will call the angels of Hell.
كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩
No! Do not obey him. But prostrate and draw near [to Allāh].
Al-'Alaq contains the first words of the Quran ever revealed, brought by Jibril to the Prophet ﷺ in the cave of Hira: 'Read in the name of your Lord who created — created man from a clinging substance. Read, and your Lord is the most Generous, who taught by the pen.' It then warns the man who forbids a servant when he prays, and closes: prostrate and draw near.
Al-'Alaq (العلق) means "The Clinging Substance" in English. It is chapter 96 of the Holy Quran.
Surah Al-'Alaq has 19 verses (ayat). It appears on pages 597 to 597 of the mushaf.
Surah Al-'Alaq is a Makki surah, revealed in Makkah before the Prophet's ﷺ migration to Madinah.
Al-'Alaq contains the first words of the Quran ever revealed, brought by Jibril to the Prophet ﷺ in the cave of Hira: 'Read in the name of your Lord who created — created man from a clinging substance. Read, and your Lord is the most Generous, who taught by the pen.' It then warns the man who forbids a servant when he prays, and closes: prostrate and draw near.