Surah Al-'Alaq (العلق)
The Clot · Meccan · 19 ayahs · Juz 30
- 96:1
ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ
(O Rasulullaah ﷺ!) Read (whatever Qur'aan has been revealed to you) in the name of your Rabb Who created (everything)...
- 96:2
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ
...Who created man from a clot of blood (which forms at conception and then develops into the child).
- 96:3
ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ
Read and your Rabb is most Magnanimous...
- 96:4
ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ
... Who taught (the literate ones) by the pen (through books).
- 96:5
عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
(However, even without any means like books and pens,) He (also directly) taught man what he did not know. (All man's knowledge comes from Allaah because Allaah gave man the means of acquiring knowledge as well.)
- 96:6
كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ
(However,) It is a fact that man (the Kaafir) is rebellious (even exceeding the bounds of humanity)...
- 96:7
أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ
...because he considers (sees) himself to be independent. (However, this belief is foolish because man is dependant on the creation and is always dependent on Allaah.)
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