Chapter 96, Al-'Alaq [ The Clot ]
- Seeking refuge with Allah from the banished Satan.I begin in the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Merciful.
- 1. Proclaim! (or read!) in the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, Who created-
- 2. Created man, out of a (mere) clot of congealed blood:
- 3. Proclaim! And thy Lord is Most Bountiful,-
- 4. He Who taught (the use of) the pen,-
- 5. Taught man that which he knew not.
- 6. Nay, but man doth transgress all bounds,
- 7. In that he looketh upon himself as self-sufficient.
- 8. Verily, to thy Lord is the return (of all).
- 9. Seest thou one who forbids-
- 10. A votary when he (turns) to pray?
- 11. Seest thou if he is on (the road of) Guidance?-
- 12. Or enjoins Righteousness?
- 13. Seest thou if he denies (Truth) and turns away?
- 14. Knoweth he not that Allah doth see?
- 15. Let him beware! If he desist not, We will drag him by the forelock,-
- 16. A lying, sinful forelock!
- 17. Then, let him call (for help) to his council (of comrades):
- 18. We will call on the angels of punishment (to deal with him)!
- 19. Nay, heed him not: But bow down in adoration, and bring thyself the closer (to Allah)!