Surah Al-'Alaq

19 verses · revealed in Mecca

اِقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِيْ خَلَقَۚ

1. Proclaim! (or read!) in the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, Who created

خَلَقَ الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍۚ

2. Created man, out of a (mere) clot of congealed blood

اِقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْاَكْرَمُۙ

3. Proclaim! And thy Lord is Most Bountiful

الَّذِيْ عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِۙ

4. He Who taught (the use of) the pen

عَلَّمَ الْاِنْسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْۗ

5. Taught man that which he knew not

كَلَّآ اِنَّ الْاِنْسَانَ لَيَطْغٰىٓ ۙ

6. Nay, but man doth transgress all bounds

اَنْ رَّاٰهُ اسْتَغْنٰىۗ

7. In that he looketh upon himself as self-sufficient

اِنَّ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ الرُّجْعٰىۗ

8. Verily, to thy Lord is the return (of all)

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