| | The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab rendition of Surah The Clot, Read(al-`Alaq)
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| 96:1 | | Read, ˹O Prophet,˺ in the Name of your Lord Who created— |
| 96:1 | | Read, ˹O Prophet,˺ in the Name of your Lord Who created— |
| 96:2 | | created humans from a clinging clot. |
| 96:2 | | created humans from a clinging clot. |
| 96:3 | | Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous, |
| 96:3 | | Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous, |
| 96:4 | | Who taught by the pen— |
| 96:4 | | Who taught by the pen— |
| 96:5 | | taught humanity what they knew not. |
| 96:5 | | taught humanity what they knew not. |
| 96:6 | | Most certainly, one exceeds all bounds |
| 96:6 | | Most certainly, one exceeds all bounds |
| 96:7 | | once they think they are self-sufficient. |
| 96:7 | | once they think they are self-sufficient. |
| 96:8 | | ˹But˺ surely to your Lord is the return ˹of all˺. |
| 96:8 | | ˹But˺ surely to your Lord is the return ˹of all˺. |
| 96:9 | | Have you seen the man who prevents |
| 96:9 | | Have you seen the man who prevents |
| 96:10 | | a servant ˹of Ours˺ from praying? |
| 96:10 | | a servant ˹of Ours˺ from praying? |
| 96:11 | | What if this ˹servant˺ is ˹rightly˺ guided, |
| 96:11 | | What if this ˹servant˺ is ˹rightly˺ guided, |
| 96:12 | | or encourages righteousness? |
| 96:12 | | or encourages righteousness? |
| 96:13 | | What if that ˹man˺ persists in denial and turns away? |
| 96:13 | | What if that ˹man˺ persists in denial and turns away? |
| 96:14 | | Does he not know that Allah sees ˹all˺? |
| 96:14 | | Does he not know that Allah sees ˹all˺? |
| 96:15 | | But no! If he does not desist, We will certainly drag him by the forelock— |
| 96:15 | | But no! If he does not desist, We will certainly drag him by the forelock— |
| 96:16 | | a lying, sinful forelock. |
| 96:16 | | a lying, sinful forelock. |
| 96:17 | | So let him call his associates. |
| 96:17 | | So let him call his associates. |
| 96:18 | | We will call the wardens of Hell. |
| 96:18 | | We will call the wardens of Hell. |
| 96:19 | | Again, no! Never obey him ˹O Prophet˺! Rather, ˹continue to˺ prostrate and draw near ˹to Allah˺. |
| 96:19 | | Again, no! Never obey him ˹O Prophet˺! Rather, ˹continue to˺ prostrate and draw near ˹to Allah˺. |
