Al Alaq
Chapter 96, 19 verses
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Transliteration
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Arabic
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Shakir
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Pickthall
Transliteration
Iqra biismi rabbika allathee khalaqa
Arabic
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم اقرأ باسم ربك الذي خلق
Shakir
Read in the name of your Lord Who created.
Pickthall
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Read: In the name of thy Lord Who createth,
Transliteration
Khalaqa alinsana min AAalaqin
Arabic
خلق الإنسان من علق
Shakir
He created man from a clot.
Pickthall
Createth man from a clot.
Transliteration
Iqra warabbuka alakramu
Arabic
اقرأ وربك الأكرم
Shakir
Read and your Lord is Most Honorable,
Pickthall
Read: And thy Lord is the Most Bounteous,
Transliteration
Allathee AAallama bialqalami
Shakir
Who taught (to write) with the pen
Pickthall
Who teacheth by the pen,
Transliteration
AAallama alinsana ma lam yaAAlam
Arabic
علم الإنسان ما لم يعلم
Shakir
Taught man what he knew not.
Pickthall
Teacheth man that which he knew not.
Transliteration
Kalla inna alinsana layatgha
Arabic
كلا إن الإنسان ليطغى
Shakir
Nay! man is most surely inordinate,
Pickthall
Nay, but verily man is rebellious
Transliteration
An raahu istaghna
Shakir
Because he sees himself free from want.
Pickthall
That he thinketh himself independent!
Transliteration
Inna ila rabbika alrrujAAa
Arabic
إن إلى ربك الرجعى
Shakir
Surely to your Lord is the return.
Pickthall
Lo! unto thy Lord is the return.
Transliteration
Araayta allathee yanha
Shakir
Have you seen him who forbids
Pickthall
Hast thou seen him who dissuadeth
Transliteration
AAabdan itha salla
Shakir
A servant when he prays?
Pickthall
A slave when he prayeth ?
Transliteration
Araayta in kana AAala alhuda
Arabic
أرأيت إن كان على الهدى
Shakir
Have you considered if he were on the right way,
Pickthall
Hast thou seen if he relieth on the guidance (of Allah)
Transliteration
Aw amara bialttaqwa
Shakir
Or enjoined guarding (against evil)?
Pickthall
Or enjoineth piety ?
Transliteration
Araayta in kaththaba watawalla
Arabic
أرأيت إن كذب وتولى
Shakir
Have you considered if he gives the lie to the truth and turns (his) back?
Pickthall
Hast thou seen if he denieth (Allah's guidance) and is froward ?
Transliteration
Alam yaAAlam bianna Allaha yara
Arabic
ألم يعلم بأن الله يرى
Shakir
Does he not know that Allah does see?
Pickthall
Is he then unaware that Allah seeth ?
Transliteration
Kalla lain lam yantahi lanasfaAAan bialnnasiyati
Arabic
كلا لئن لم ينته لنسفعا بالناصية
Shakir
Nay! if he desist not, We would certainly smite his forehead,
Pickthall
Nay, but if he cease not We will seize him by the forelock -
Transliteration
Nasiyatin kathibatin khatiatin
Arabic
ناصية كاذبة خاطئة
Shakir
A lying, sinful forehead.
Pickthall
The lying, sinful forelock -
Transliteration
FalyadAAu nadiyahu
Shakir
Then let him summon his council,
Pickthall
Then let him call upon his henchmen!
Transliteration
SanadAAu alzzabaniyata
Shakir
We too would summon the braves of the army.
Pickthall
We will call the guards of hell.
Transliteration
Kalla la tutiAAhu waosjud waiqtarib
Arabic
كلا لا تطعه واسجد واقترب ۩
Shakir
Nay! obey him not, and make obeisance and draw nigh (to Allah).
Pickthall
Nay, Obey not thou him. But prostrate thyself, and draw near (unto Allah).